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| Central-Eastern Oceanic | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
The Pacific |
| Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central-Eastern MP Eastern MP Oceanic Central-Eastern Oceanic |
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The over 200 Central-Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages.
Components
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 Solomons
- Southern Oceanic linkage (languages of New Caledonia and Vanuatu, such as Paicî)
- Central Pacific linkage (Polynesian and the languages of Fiji)
- Micronesian
In 2007 Ross & Næss moved the Utupua-Vanikoro languages from Central-Eastern to the newly established Temotu branch of Oceanic.
References
Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
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