Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages

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Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Geographic distribution:	The Moluccas and the Pacific
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian (MP)   Nuclear MP    Central-Eastern MP     Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Subdivisions:	S. Halmahera-W. New Guinea Oceanic

The family of Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (EMP) languages is a subgroup of the Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages. It consists of over 500 languages.

[edit] Components

• Oceanic languages
  • Admiralty Islands languages
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
  • St. Matthias languages
  • Western Oceanic languages
  • Yapese (possibly one of the Admiralties languages)
• South Halmahera-West New Guinea languages
  • South Halmahera languages
  • West New Guinea languages