Native to Indonesia Native speakers (16,000 cited 1987) Glottolog hitu1239 | Region Ambon Island, Maluku ISO 639-3 htu | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Nuclear MP
Central Maluku ?
East Central Maluku
Seram ?
Nunusaku
Piru Bay
East
Seram Straits
Ambon
Hitu | ||
Hitu is an Austronesian spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain of Seram Island.
Hitu is the name of a village; each of the villages, Wakal, Morela, Mamala, Hitu, and Hila, are said to have their own dialect.
References
Hitu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA