Central–Eastern Oceanic languages

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Central–Eastern Oceanic
Geographic distribution:	The Pacific
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Eastern MP ? Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic
Subdivisions:	Southeast Solomons Southern Oceanic linkage Central Pacific linkage Micronesian
Ethnologue code:	`17-790`

The over 200 Central–Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages.

Components

Traditional classifications have posited a Remote Oceanic branch within this family, but this was abandoned in Lynch et al. (2002), as no defining features could be found for such a group of languages.

Southeast Solomons
Southern Oceanic linkage (languages of New Caledonia and Vanuatu, such as Paicî)
Central Pacific (Polynesian and the languages of Fiji)
Micronesian

In 2007 Ross & Næss moved the Utupua-Vanikoro languages from Central-Eastern to the newly established Temotu branch of Oceanic.

References

Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.

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