Leipon language

{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Leipon

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=off Manus Island

|speakers=650

|date=1977

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Admiralty Islands

|fam5=Eastern Admiralty Islands

|fam6=Manus

|fam7=East Manus

|iso3=lek

|glotto=leip1237

|glottorefname=Leipon

}}

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

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