Luhu language

Luhu was an Austronesian language spoken in the west of Seram Island in eastern Indonesia. It was 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]

Luhu
Piru
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Seram Island, Maluku
Extinct	by 2024[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seram ? Nunusaku Piru Bay West Hoamoal Luhu
Dialects	Piru
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lcq
Glottolog	luhu1243
ELP	Piru

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. In 1989, there were an estimated 3,500 native speakers, but by 2024, the language had gone extinct.^[3]