Southern Oceanic languages
Subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Southern Oceanic languages are a linkage (rather than family) of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by John Lynch in 1995 and supported by later studies. It appears to be a linkage rather than a language family with a clearly defined internal nested structure.
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Southern Oceanic | |
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Geographic distribution | Vanuatu, New Caledonia |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Proto-language | Proto-Southern Oceanic |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | None |
Southern Oceanic |
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