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.