This series contains material from Pileni (an island in the Reef Islands, near Santa Cruz), concentrating on the local language of the same name. It includes typed religious texts in Pileni (annotated by Capell), reprints of papers on the grammar of Pileni, comparative vocabulary lists (typed and annotated, some of which are annotated by Capell), and written and typed versions of local texts (in Pileni) transcribed and typed by Capell.

Pileni is a culturally important island in the Reef Islands, in the northern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. Despite its location in the heart of Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian. The name of the island, Pileni, has also been given to the Samoic-Outlier language spoken there and on the surrounding islands, as well as in the Duff Islands, some 200 miles to the east.

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06  Solomon Islands - Regions and Languages