Pileni

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Coordinates: 10°11′S, 166°10′E

NASA picture of the Reef Islands. Pileni is the island on the right off the northern coast

Pileni is a culturally important island in the Reef Islands, in the northern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian. The name of the island, Pileni, has also been given to the Samoic-Outlier language spoken there. The Pileni language is also spoken on Nupani, Nukapu, Nifiloli, Aua and Matema Island of the Reef Islands, as well as in the Taumako Islands (also known as the Duff Islands), some 200 miles to the east. Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.

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