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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Piru

Piru

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3ppr

Population  10 (1985 SIL).
Region  Central Maluku, west Seram Island. 1 village.
Language map  Indonesia, Central Maluku
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 72% with Luhu [lcq].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Seram, Nunusaku, Three Rivers, Amalumute, Northwest Seram
Language use  All also use Ambonese Malay [abs].
Comments  Christian. Nearly extinct.