Temotu languages
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| Temotu | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Solomon Islands |
| Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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| Glottolog: | temo1244[1] |
Temotu
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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.[2]
File:Temotu-languages.png
Map showing the ten languages of the Temotu group, plus the Polynesian language Vaeakau-Taumako.
- Reef Islands – Santa Cruz
- Utupua–Vanikoro (may be two independent branches)
Ethnologue does not accept the Vanikoro node.
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