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| Pileni or Vaeakau-Taumako | |
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| Region | Reef Islands and Taumako, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | 1,142 (1999) |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | piv |
| ELP | Vaeakau-Taumako |
The Pileni language is a Polynesian language spoken in some of the Reef Islands as well as in the Taumako Islands (native name: Vaeakau-Taumako, also known as the Duff Islands) in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. It is named for Pileni, one of the Reef Islands.
The language is spoken throughout the Taumako Islands, while in the Reef Islands, it is spoken on Aua, Matema, Nifiloli, Nupani, Nukapu, and Pileni. Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.
The language has traditionally been considered one of the Futunic group of Polynesian languages, but this is only weakly supported.[1]
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