Central Eastern Polynesian languages

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Central Eastern Polynesian
Geographic distribution:	Polynesian islands
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian (MP)   Nuclear MP    Central-Eastern MP     Eastern MP      Oceanic       Central-Eastern        Central Pacific         East Fijian-Polynesian          Polynesian           Nuclear Polynesian            Eastern Polynesian             Central Eastern Polynesian
Subdivisions:	Rapan language Marquesic Tahitic

Central Eastern Polynesian is a subgroup of the Eastern Polynesian languages consisting of 12 languages, all spoken on islands in the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii in the north to New Zealand and the Chathams in the south. Included in this group are Hawaiian, Marquesan, Tuamotuan, Tahitian and Māori.

[edit] Components

Rapan language
Marquesic languages

• Hawaiian
• North Marquesan
• South Marquesan
• Mangareva

Tahitic languages

• Austral
• Māori
• Penrhyn
• Rakahanga-Manihiki
• Rarotongan
• Tahitian
• Tuamotuan

[edit] External links

• Ethnologe report for Central Eastern Polynesian languages