Hitu is an
Austronesian language of the
Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup spoken on
Ambon Island
Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south, and three districts (''k ...
in eastern
Indonesia
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, 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
Central Maluku languages
Languages of Indonesia
Seram Island
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