Remote_Oceanic_languages References

Remote Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
(proposed)
Geographic; distribution	Oceania, Polynesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? Oceanic Central-Eastern Oceanic Remote Oceanic; ; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Central Pacific; Eastern Outer Islands; Loyalty Islands; Micronesian; New Caledonian; North and Central Vanuatu;
Glottolog	None

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.

Languages

Its components are:

References

Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.

v t e Languages of Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

Remote Oceanic
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	Oceania, Polynesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? Oceanic Central-Eastern Oceanic Remote Oceanic
Subdivisions	Central Pacific Eastern Outer Islands Loyalty Islands Micronesian New Caledonian North and Central Vanuatu
Glottolog	None

Languages

References

See also