Yalahatan language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Yalahatan

|altname=Atamanu

|nativename=Awaiya

|states=Indonesia

|region=Maluku

|speakers=1,700

|date=2004

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)

|fam3=Central–Eastern MP

|fam4=Central Maluku

|fam5=East Central Maluku

|fam6=Nunusaku

|fam7=Three Rivers

|dia1=Awaiya (Tananahu)

|dia2=Haruru

|dia3=Yalahatan

|iso3=jal

|glotto=yala1266

|glottorefname=Yalahatan-Haruru-Awaiya

}}

Yalahatan is an Austronesian language spoken on Seram Island (Indonesia) in Yalahatan and Haruru villages, and hamlet of Awaiya in Tananahu village.{{Cite web |title=Change Request Documentation: 2011-086 |url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2011-086 |access-date=2021-01-16 |website=ISO 639-3 |publisher=SIL International}}

It consists of three dialects, Yalahatan, Haruru, and Awaiya.{{Glottolog}}