Remote Oceanic languages
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A family of some 200 Remote Oceanic languages has traditionally been posited as a subgroup of the Central-Eastern Oceanic languages. However, it was abandoned by Lynch, Ross, & Crowley in 2002, as no defining features of the family could be found.
Its components were,
Its components were,
- Central Pacific languagesCentral Pacific languagesThe family of Central Pacific languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian, are a branch of the Oceanic languages.-Classification:Analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database gave full support to the unity of Central Pacific, of a primary split with Bau , a secondary split with Rotuman +...
- Eastern Outer Islands languages
- Loyalty Islands languages
- Micronesian languagesMicronesian languagesThe family of Micronesian languages is a branch of the Oceanic languages. It consists of twenty languages, the nineteen Micronesian Proper languages and Nauruan...
- New Caledonian languagesNew Caledonian languagesThe thirty New Caledonian languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks.-Components:*Haekic*Northern New Caledonian**Central Northern: Cemuhî, Paicî...
- North and Central Vanuatu languagesNorth and Central Vanuatu languagesNorth and Central Vanuatu languages constitute a linkage within the Oceanic group, with about 95 languages. It is considered a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages.-Components:The internal structure of the linkage has been proposed as follows:...