Western Oceanic languages
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Western Oceanic | |
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Geographic distribution: |
Western Pacific |
Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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Glottolog: | west2818[1] |
![]() Western Oceanic
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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]
- North New Guinea linkage
- Meso-Melanesian linkage
- Papuan Tip linkage
The center of dispersal was evidently near the Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain.
Notes
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- ↑ Lynch, Ross & Crowley 2002.
References
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