| Admiralty Islands | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
The Admiralty Islands |
| Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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| Subdivisions: |
Yapese ?
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Admiralties and Yapese
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The Admiralty Islands languages are a group of some thirty Oceanic languages. They may include Yapese, which has proven difficult to classify.
A 2008 analysis of eight Admiralty Islands languages in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] fully supported the unity of the family, although Yapese was not included.