Remote Oceanic languages
E25748
Remote Oceanic languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken across the more isolated islands of the central and eastern Pacific, including parts of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oceanic languages | 1 |
| Remote Oceanic languages subgroup | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| areAffectedBy |
language shift to Bislama
ⓘ
language shift to English ⓘ language shift to French ⓘ language shift to Tok Pisin ⓘ language shift to other regional lingua francas ⓘ |
| areAssociatedWith |
Pacific Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Remote Oceania
|
| areClassifiedBy |
geographic distribution
ⓘ
shared lexical innovations ⓘ shared phonological innovations ⓘ |
| areDocumentedBy | field linguists ⓘ |
| areEndangered | many member languages ⓘ |
| areLinkedTo | Austronesian expansion into the Pacific ⓘ |
| arePartOf | Remote Oceania linguistic area ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
Pacific Islander communities
ⓘ
indigenous populations of remote Pacific islands ⓘ |
| areStudiedIn |
Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ language contact studies ⓘ |
| areUsedIn |
local cultural practices
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual and ceremony ⓘ traditional storytelling ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | geographic isolation ⓘ |
| faceIssue |
language endangerment due to globalization
ⓘ
limited documentation for many languages ⓘ |
| familyColor |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| hasFeature |
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ small to moderate phoneme inventories ⓘ use of reduplication ⓘ |
| hasGeographicScope | remote islands of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Micronesian languages
ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ some Melanesian outlier languages ⓘ |
| haveReconstructionWork | Proto-Remote Oceanic (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| haveStatus | often minority languages in their countries ⓘ |
| haveWritingSystem | Latin script (for many languages) ⓘ |
| partOf | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Melanesia
ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ central Pacific ⓘ eastern Pacific ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| typicalWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oceanic languages
this entity surface form:
Remote Oceanic languages subgroup