Luhu language
Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luhu is an Austronesian spoken in the west of Seram Island in eastern Indonesia. It is spoken in Luhu village on Hoamoal Peninsula at the western end of Seram, and in Boano and Kelang islands, off the western tip of Seram Island.[2]
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Luhu | |
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Piru | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Seram Island, Maluku |
Native speakers | (6,500 cited 1983)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lcq |
Glottolog | luhu1243 |
ELP | Piru |
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The northernmost dialect, Piru, was separated from the rest of the language through colonial depopulation, and was influenced by neighboring languages as it became moribund.