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Haruku language

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Native to
  
ISO 639-3
  
hrk

Native speakers
  
(18,000 cited 1989)

Glottolog
  
haru1244

Region
  
Haruku Island, Moluccas

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MPCentral Maluku ?East Central MalukuSeram ?NunusakuPiru BayEastSeram StraitsAmbon?Haruku

Haruku is an Austronesian spoken on Haruku Island, just east of Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain around Seram Island.

Each of the villages, Hulaliu, Pelauw, Kailolo, and Rohomoni, is said to have its own dialect.

References

Haruku language Wikipedia


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