Hitu is an Austronesian language of the

Central Malayo-Polynesian The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (CMP) are a proposed branch in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The languages are spoken in the Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands of the Banda Sea, in an area corresponding ...

subgroup spoken on Ambon Island in eastern

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, part of a

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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

Central Maluku languages Languages of Indonesia Seram Island {{au-lang-stub