Piru Bay languages

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

Classification
The languages are as follows:


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

Many of the Piru Bay languages form a dialect continuum.