Idne language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Idne

|altname=Maleu-Kilenge

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=western tip of Talasea District, West New Britain Province

|speakers={{sigfig|7,730|1}}

|date = 2000 census

|ref = e25

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western

|fam5=North New Guinea

|fam6=Ngero–Vitiaz

|fam7=Vitiaz

|iso3=mgl

|glotto=male1289

|glottorefname=Maleu-Kilenge

|dia1=Maleu

|dia2=Kilenge

}}

Idne, also known as Maleu-Kilenge, is an Austronesian language spoken by several thousand swidden farmers in the Talasea District of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.