Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
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Oceanic language family branch
| Central–Eastern Oceanic | |
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| Geographic distribution | Eastern Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Micronesia, and Polynesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Central–Eastern Oceanic |
| Subdivisions | |
Rapa Nui )The black oval between red and blue is the Temotu languages. | |
The over 200 Central–Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages.
Languages
Traditional classifications have posited a Remote Oceanic branch within this family, but this was abandoned in Lynch et al. (2002), as no defining features could be found for such a group of languages.
- Southeast Solomonic
- Southern Oceanic linkage (non-Polynesian languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia)
- Micronesian
- Central Pacific (Fijian dialects spoken in Fiji and Polynesian)
In 2007 Ross & Næss moved the
Utupua-Vanikoro languages from Central-Eastern Oceanic to the newly established Temotu
branch of Oceanic.
See also
References
- Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status