Vaeakau-Taumako language
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Vaeakau-Taumako (formerly known as Pileni) is a Polynesian language 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 Solomon Islands.
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Vaeakau-Taumako | |
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Pileni | |
Region | Reef Islands and Taumako, Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (1,700 cited 1999)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | piv |
Glottolog | pile1238 |
ELP | Vaeakau-Taumako |
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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[by whom?] to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.
Vaeakau-Taumako was described by linguists Even Hovdhaugen and Åshild Næss, in the form of a dictionary[2] and a grammar.[3]