Tulehu

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Alternate Names: Northeast Ambon, Sou Amana Teru

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

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 18,800 (1987 SIL).

Language Use: Most over 30 years old.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim, Christian.