Western Oceanic languages

Western Oceanic
Geographic; distribution:	Western Pacific
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic; ; ;
Subdivisions:	; North New Guinea linkage; Meso-Melanesian linkage; Papuan Tip linkage; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog:	west2818
	Western Oceanic

The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by Ross (1988).

Classification

The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:^[2]

The center of dispersal was evidently near the Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain.

Western Oceanic
Geographic distribution:	Western Pacific
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic
Subdivisions:	North New Guinea linkage Meso-Melanesian linkage Papuan Tip linkage
Glottolog:	`west2818`^[1]
Western Oceanic