Saparua
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 10,200 (1989 SIL). 4,519 in Iha. |
| Region | Central Maluku, Lease Islands, Saparua Island, Kulur, Iha, Siri-Sori villages; Seram Island, Iha, Kulur, Latu, Hualoy, Tomalehu villages; also Kairatu village. |
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Indonesia, Central Maluku |
| Dialects | Kulur, Iha-Saparua, Iha-Seram, Siri-Sori. Each village is a dialect. Lexical similarity: 86%–89% among dialects; 82%–84% with Latu [ltu], 69% with Amahai [amq], 67% with Kamarian [kzk], 68%–71% with Haruku [hrk], 65% with Kaibobo [kzb], 62%–66% with Tulehu [tlu], 54%–62% with Luhu [lcq], 49% with Piru [ppr], 54% with Naka’ela [nae]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Seram, Nunusaku, Piru Bay, East, Seram Straits, Uliase, Hatuhaha, Saparua |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. |
| Comments | Spoken by hundreds of Latu people in Kairatu village. Muslim, Christian. |
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