Western Oceanic

E181797
Austronesian language subgroup Oceanic language subgroup

Western Oceanic is a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, encompassing numerous related languages spoken across parts of Melanesia and nearby Pacific regions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Southern Oceanic 8
Western Oceanic canonical 7
Western Oceanic linkage 5

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ
Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western Oceanic languages ⓘ
branchOf Oceanic ⓘ
classificationStatus widely accepted in Oceanic comparative work ⓘ
geographicDistribution Admiralty Islands ⓘ
Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
New Britain ⓘ
New Ireland ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasApproximateSize over 200 languages ⓘ
hasLanguage Bel languages cluster ⓘ
Hiri Motu ⓘ
Kilivila ⓘ
Kokota ⓘ
Kove ⓘ
Kuanua ⓘ
Lihir ⓘ
Mangseng ⓘ
Motu ⓘ
Nalik ⓘ
Nggela ⓘ
Patpatar ⓘ
Roviana ⓘ
Suau ⓘ
Sursurunga ⓘ
Tolai people ⓘ
surface form: Tolai
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Western Oceanic ⓘ
hasSubgroup Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
Admiralty linkage ⓘ
Bel languages ⓘ
Huon Gulf languages ⓘ
Kandas–Ramoaaina languages ⓘ
Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ
surface form: Kilivila–Louisiades languages

Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Meso-Melanesian linkage

New Ireland languages ⓘ
Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ
surface form: New Ireland – Northwest Solomonic languages

Ngero–Vitiaz languages ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form: North New Guinea languages

North New Guinea linkage ⓘ
Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ
Papuan Tip languages ⓘ
surface form: Nuclear Papuan Tip languages

Papuan Tip languages ⓘ
Papuan Tip linkage ⓘ
St George linkage ⓘ
Suauic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian language family

Oceanic branch ⓘ
reconstructedBy historical linguistics ⓘ
region western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific
studiedIn Oceanic Linguistics ⓘ
surface form: Oceanic linguistics
subgroupOf Oceanic languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature complex verbal morphology in many member languages ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for most documented languages) ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Oceanic languages → glottologName → Western Oceanic ⓘ
Oceanic → hasMajorSubbranch → Western Oceanic ⓘ
Paama → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Lo-Toga → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Unua → languageGroup → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Nafe (Nguna) language → hasHigherLevelFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
subject surface form: Nafe language
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Lemerig → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Papuan Tip cluster → partOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic branch
Papuan Tip cluster → hasSubgroup → Western Oceanic ⓘ
North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux languages → partOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
Suauic languages → memberOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
Suauic languages → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
Willaumez languages → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
Ngero – Vitiaz languages → languageSubbranch → Western Oceanic ⓘ
subject surface form: Ngero–Vitiaz languages
Ngero – Vitiaz languages → arePartOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
subject surface form: Ngero–Vitiaz languages
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
Papuan Tip linkage → isPartOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
Gedaged language → branchOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic branch
Central Pacific → hasAlternativeName → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Oceanic
Schouten languages → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
Mwotlap → languageFamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Manus languages → arePartOf → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
South Efate → subfamily → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic
Nakanamanga → languageSubgroup → Western Oceanic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Oceanic