Haruku language

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Haruku
Native toIndonesia
RegionHaruku Island, Moluccas
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1989)[1]
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[edit]

  1. ^ Haruku at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon