Western Oceanic languages
- Western Oceanic languages
Infobox Language family
name=Western Oceanic
region=Western Pacific
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=Oceanic
child1=North New Guinea
child2=Papuan Tip
child3=Meso-Melanesian|
The family of Western Oceanic languages is a subgroup of the Oceanic languages. It consists of over 200 languages.
Components
*North New Guinea languages
**Huon Gulf languages
**Ngero-Vitiaz languages
**Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages
**Schouten languages
*Papuan Tip languages
**Nuclear Papuan Tip languages
**Peripheral Papuan Tip languages
*Meso-Melanesian languages
**Bali-Vitu languages
**New Ireland languages
**Willaumez languages
References
* Ross, Malcolm (1988). "Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia." Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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