| Paleni | |
| Nativename: | Wara |
| Region: | Burkina Faso |
| Ethnicity: | Palaba |
| Speakers: | 260 |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo? |
| Fam3: | Gur? |
| Fam4: | Wara–Natyoro |
| Iso3: | pnl |
| Glotto: | pale1262 |
| Glottorefname: | Palen |
Paleni (Paléni), also known as Wara (Ouara, Ouala), is a minor Niger–Congo language spoken in the village of Faniagara in Burkina.