Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
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| Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Indonesia and the Pacific |
| Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian |
| Subdivisions: | |
The Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian family that are thought to have dispersed from a possible homeland in Sulawesi.
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian is considered to have two branches:
- The Sunda-Sulawesi languages or Inner Hesperonesian (Inner Western Malayo-Polynesian) languages, which include the languages of Sulawesi and the Greater Sunda Islands, as well as a few outliers such as Charmorro and Palauan; and
- the Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages, which include the languages to the east (the Lesser Sunda Islands, Halmahera, Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Pacific).
[edit] Reference
- Fay Wouk and Malcolm Ross (ed.), The history and typology of western Austronesian voice systems. Australian National University, 2002.
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