Western Oceanic languages

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Western Oceanic
Geographic distribution:	Western Pacific
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian (MP)   Nuclear MP    Central-Eastern MP     Eastern MP      Oceanic       Western Oceanic
Subdivisions:	North New Guinea Papuan Tip Meso-Melanesian

The family of Western Oceanic languages is a subgroup of the Oceanic languages. It consists of over 200 languages.

[edit] Components

• North New Guinea languages
  • Huon Gulf languages
  • Ngero-Vitiaz languages
  • Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages
  • Schouten languages
• Papuan Tip languages
  • Nuclear Papuan Tip languages
  • Peripheral Papuan Tip languages
• Meso-Melanesian languages
  • Bali-Vitu languages
  • New Ireland languages
  • Willaumez languages

[edit] References

• Ross, Malcolm (1988). Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.