Pileni language

E718090

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 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian language
Polynesian outlier language
language
closelyRelatedTo Samoan language
Tikopia language
Tuvaluan language
Vaeakau-Taumako language
country Solomon Islands
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Oceanic languages
Polynesian languages
hasAlternativeName Duff Islands language
Pileni
Taumako
Vaeakau-Taumako
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
languageFamilyBranch Oceanic branch
Polynesian branch
region Melanesia
Southwest Pacific
spokenBy Polynesian outlier communities
spokenIn Duff Islands
Pileni Island
Solomon Islands
Taumako Island
Temotu Province
subclassOf Austronesian language
subgroup Ellicean languages
Nuclear Polynesian languages
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Duff Islands languageSpoken Pileni language
Pileni hasLanguage Pileni language
Santa Cruz group hasLanguage Pileni language