Luhu language explained

Luhu
Nativename:Piru
States:Indonesia
Region:Seram Island, Maluku
Speakers:6,500
Date:1983
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Central Maluku ?
Fam5:East Central Maluku
Fam6:Seram ?
Fam7:Nunusaku
Fam8:Piru Bay
Fam9:West
Fam10:Hoamoal
Dia1:Piru
Iso3:lcq
Glotto:luhu1243
Glottorefname:Luhu-Piru
Elp:2773
Elpname:Piru

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.[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnologue 15 report for Indonesia (Maluku) . 2013-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226211052/http://archive.ethnologue.com/15/show_country.asp?name=IDM . 2014-02-26 . dead .