Hitu
Hitu is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Hitu is an Austronesian language of the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain of Seram Island, by the Hitu people.
Hitu is the name of a village; each of the villages, Wakal, Morela, Mamala, Hitu, and Hila, are said to have their own dialect.
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Words in Hitu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manusia* | |
| name | nala* | |
| eye | mata* | |
| ear | tarina* | |
| nose | ilu* | |
| tooth | niki* | |
| tongue | mei* | |
| hand | lima* | |
| blood | lala* | |
| bone | luli* | |
| skin | uli* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | hatua* | |
| water | wael* | |
| fire | au* | |
| star | nalin* | |
| rain | ulan | |
| stone | hatu* | |
| leaf | lau* | |
| night | atolu* | |
| dog | asu* | |
| fish | ian* | |
| louse | utu* | |
| one | esa7* | |
| two | lua* | |
| I | yau* | |
| you | ale* | |
| we | ite* | |
| drink | inu* | |
| see | palahe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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