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Hitu
Native to Indonesia
Region Ambon Island, Maluku
Native speakers (16,000 cited 1987)e25
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Central–Eastern
      • Central Maluku ?
        • East Central Maluku
          • Seram ?
            • Nunusaku
              • Piru Bay
                • East
                  • Seram Straits
                    • Ambon
                      • Hitu

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.

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