Central–Eastern Oceanic languages

Central–Eastern Oceanic
Geographic; distribution	The Pacific
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Eastern MP ? Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Southeast Solomons; Southern Oceanic linkage; Central Pacific linkage; Micronesian;
Glottolog	None
	The branches of CE Oceanic; Dark red = Southeast Solomons; Blue = Southern Oceanic; Pink = Micronesian; Ocher = Fijian-Polynesian (not shown: Rapa Nui); The black oval between red and blue is the Temotu languages.

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 (Polynesian and the indigenous Austronesian 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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Central–Eastern Oceanic
Geographic distribution	The Pacific
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Eastern MP ? Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic
Subdivisions	Southeast Solomons Southern Oceanic linkage Central Pacific linkage Micronesian
Glottolog	None
The branches of CE Oceanic Dark red = Southeast Solomons Blue = Southern Oceanic Pink = Micronesian Ocher = Fijian-Polynesian (not shown: Rapa Nui) The black oval between red and blue is the Temotu languages.