Remote Oceanic languages

A family of some 200 Remote Oceanic languages has traditionally been posited as a subgroup of the Central-Eastern Oceanic languages. However, it was abandoned by Lynch, Ross, & Crowley in 2002, as no defining features of the family could be found.

Geographic
distributionOceania, Polynesia

Linguistic classificationAustronesian

• Malayo-Polynesian
  • Central–Eastern
    • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian?
      • Oceanic
        • Central-Eastern Oceanic
          • Remote Oceanic

Subdivisions

• Central Pacific
• Eastern Outer Islands
• Loyalty Islands
• Micronesian
• New Caledonian
• North and Central Vanuatu

GlottologNone

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Remote Oceanic
(proposed)
Geographic distribution	Oceania, Polynesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? Oceanic Central-Eastern Oceanic Remote Oceanic
Subdivisions	Central Pacific Eastern Outer Islands Loyalty Islands Micronesian New Caledonian North and Central Vanuatu
Language codes
Glottolog	None

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