Tulehu

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
tlu
Alternate Names
Northeast Ambon, Sou Amana Teru
User Population

10,000 (Musgrave 2010).

Location

Maluku province: Maluku Tengah regency, Ambon island, Liang, Tulehu, Tengah-tengah, and Tial villages.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Seram, Nunusaku, Piru Bay, East, Seram Straits, Ambon
Dialects

Tulehu, Liang, Tengah-Tengah, Tial. Each dialect is in a separate village. Eastern end of Ambon dialect chain. Lexical similarity: 84%–90% among dialects, 74%–82% with Hitu [htu], 72%–76% with Haruku [hrk].

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Ambonese Malay [abs].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tulehu
Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.