Pileni language

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Pileni
Spoken in:	Reef Islands and Taumako, Solomon Islands
Total speakers:	1,142 (1999)
Language family:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Central-Eastern Oceanic Remote Oceanic Central Pacific East Fijian-Polynesian Polynesian Nuclear Polynesian Samoic Futunic Pileni
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`–`
ISO 639-3:	`piv`

The Pileni language is spoken in some of the Reef Islands as well as in the Taumako Islands (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 is a member of the Samoic-Outlier branch of Polynesian languages.