Saparua is an
Austronesian language spoken in
Maluku of eastern
Indonesia. Dialects are diverse, and
Latu might be included as one. Saparua is currently spoken by around 1,500 people, and it is threatened by extinction. According to a researcher from the
National Research and Innovation Agency, Khairunnisa, stated that this is caused by the influences of Dutch colonialism,
the sectarian conflict, migration, globalization, and the duty to speak
Indonesian.[2]