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Leipon language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Native speakers
  
(650 cited 1977)

Glottolog
  
leip1237

Region
  
off Manus Island

ISO 639-3
  
lek

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Eastern Admiralty Islands Manus East Manus Leipon

Leipon, or Pityilu, is an Austronesian language spoken on Hauwai, Ndrilo, and Pityilu islands, just off Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

References

Leipon language Wikipedia