Hitu
Native toIndonesia
RegionAmbon Island, Maluku
Native speakers
(16,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3htu
Glottologhitu1239

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.

References

  1. Hitu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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