Pileni language

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Pileni language is a Polynesian outlier language of the Oceanic branch spoken by communities in the Duff Islands and nearby areas of the Solomon Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pileni language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian language
Polynesian outlier language
language
closelyRelatedTo Samoan language NERFINISHED
Tikopia language NERFINISHED
Tuvaluan language
Vaeakau-Taumako language NERFINISHED
country Solomon Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
Polynesian languages
hasAlternativeName Duff Islands language
Pileni NERFINISHED
Taumako NERFINISHED
Vaeakau-Taumako NERFINISHED
hasDomain indigenous language
hasFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
phonemic vowel length
possessive classifiers
preposed possessive markers
simple consonant inventory typical of Polynesian languages
hasGlottocode pile1238
hasGrammaticalFeature prepositions rather than postpositions
serial verb constructions
tense–aspect–mood particles preceding the verb
hasISO639-3Code piv
hasMorphology agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature CV syllable structure predominance
five-vowel system
hasTypology SVO word order
isPartOf Polynesian outlier languages of the Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
languageFamilyBranch Oceanic branch
Polynesian branch
region Melanesia
Southwest Pacific NERFINISHED
spokenBy Polynesian outlier communities
spokenIn Duff Islands NERFINISHED
Pileni Island NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
Taumako Island NERFINISHED
Temotu Province NERFINISHED
subclassOf Austronesian language
subgroup Ellicean languages NERFINISHED
Nuclear Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duff Islands languageSpoken Pileni language
Pileni hasLanguage Pileni language