Remote Oceanic languages

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Remote Oceanic
Geographic distribution:	The Pacific
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Central-Eastern Oceanic       Remote Oceanic
Subdivisions:	Central Pacific Eastern Outer Islands Loyalty Islands Micronesian New Caledonian North and Central Vanuatu

The family of Remote Oceanic languages is a subgroup of the Central-Eastern Oceanic languages. It consists of almost 200 languages.

[edit] Components

• Central Pacific languages
  • East Fijian-Polynesian languages
  • West Fijian-Rotuman languages
• Eastern Outer Islands languages
  • Utupua languages
  • Vanikoro languages
• Loyalty Islands languages
  • Dehu
  • Iaai
  • Nengone
• Micronesian languages
  • Micronesian Proper languages
  • Nauruan
• New Caledonian languages
  • Haekic
  • Northern New Caledonian languages
  • Southern New Caledonian languages
• North and Central Vanuatu languages
  • East Santo languages
  • Malekula Interior languages
  • Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands languages