Piru Bay languages

Piru Bay
Geographic distribution:	Indonesia
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seram ? Nunusaku Piru Bay
Subdivisions:	—

The Piru Bay languages are a group of twenty Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken around Piru Bay on the island of Seram. None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction.

Classification

According to Ethnologue 15, the languages are as follows:

Haruku
West Piru Bay
- Asilulu: Asilulu, Seit-Kaitetu
- Hoamoal: Luhu; Larike-Wakasihu, Boano
East Piru Bay
- Kaibobo
- Sepa
- Teluti
- Seram Straits
  - Ambon: Hitu, Laha, Tulehu
  - Paulohi (Solehua)
  - Uliase
    - Kamarian
    - Hatuhaha
      - Elpaputi: Amahai, Nusa Laut
      - Saparua: Saparua, Latu