Haruku language

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Haruku
Native toIndonesia
RegionHaruku Island, Moluccas
Native speakers
(18,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3hrk
Glottologharu1244

Haruku is an Austronesian language spoken on Haruku Island, just east of Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain around Seram Island.

Each of the villages, Hulaliu, Pelauw, Kailolo, and Rohomoni, is said to have its own dialect.

References[]

  1. ^ Haruku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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