Dialects: Lexical similarity: 82%–84% with Saparua , dialects.
Genealogy:
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Central Maluku
East
Seram
Nunusaku
Piru Bay
East
Seram Straits
Uliase
Hatuhaha
Saparua
Demographics: 2,130 (1982 SIL).
Nation of Origin: Indonesia