Hitu | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Ambon Island, Maluku |
Native speakers | (16,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | htu |
Glottolog | hitu1239 |
Hitu is an Austronesian language of the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup 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.