Temotu languages
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| Temotu | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Solomon Islands |
| Linguistic classification: |
Austronesian
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| Subdivisions: |
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| Ethnologue code: | 17-2677 |
 Temotu | |
The Temotu languages, named after Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, are a branch of Oceanic languages proposed in Ross & Næss 2007 for the Reefs – Santa Cruz languages. These languages had previously been considered Papuan, but Ross & Næss established that the closest relatives were the Utupua–Vanikoro languages, previously thought to be Central–Eastern Oceanic.[1]
- Reef Islands – Santa Cruz
- Utupua–Vanikoro (may be two independent branches)
Ethnologue does not accept the Vanikoro node.
References
- ↑ Ross, Malcolm and Åshild Næss (2007). "An Oceanic Origin for Äiwoo, the Language of the Reef Islands?". Oceanic Linguistics 46: 456–498.
- ↑ François, Alexandre (2009), "The languages of Vanikoro: Three lexicons and one grammar", in Evans, Bethwyn, Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross, Pacific Linguistics 605, Canberra: Australian National University, pp. 103–126
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