Hitu language
| Hitu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Ambon Island, Maluku |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 1987)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
htu |
| Glottolog |
hitu1239[2] |
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 at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Hitu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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