Ethnologue

Hitu

ISO 639-3

Population

16,000 (1987 SIL).

Location

Maluku province: Maluku Tengah regency, Hila, Hitu, Mamala, Morela, and Wakal villages on Ambon island, Piru Sea coast, Hitu peninsula.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Wakal, Morela, Mamala, Hitu, Hila. Lexical similarity: 67%–82% with Seit-Kaitetu [hik], 74%–82% with Tulehu [tlu].

Language Use

Moderate to vigorous.

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.