Western Oceanic languages

E30021

Oceanic language subgroup language subgroup

Western Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken primarily in parts of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Oceanic languages subgroup	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
are	predominantly spoken by coastal and island communities ⓘ
areStudiedBy	Austronesian linguistics ⓘ surface form: Austronesianists historical linguists ⓘ
areStudiedIn	Austronesian linguistics ⓘ surface form: Oceanic linguistics
branchOf	Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ surface form: Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ
familyColor	Austronesian languages ⓘ surface form: Austronesian
geographicDistribution	parts of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands ⓘ
glottologCode	west2814 ⓘ
glottologName	Western Oceanic ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ Bel languages ⓘ Huon Gulf languages ⓘ Karkar-Yuri languages ⓘ Kula – Malasanga languages ⓘ Manus languages ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ surface form: Meso-Melanesian linkage New Georgia languages ⓘ surface form: New Georgia – Ysabel languages New Ireland ⓘ surface form: New Ireland languages Ngero – Vitiaz languages ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ surface form: North New Guinea languages North New Guinea linkage ⓘ North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux languages ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip cluster ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ surface form: Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip linkage ⓘ Sarmi – Jayapura Bay languages ⓘ Schouten languages ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ St George linkage ⓘ Suauic languages ⓘ Western Bismarck languages ⓘ Willaumez languages ⓘ
includesLanguage	Bel languages cluster ⓘ Gedaged language ⓘ Gela language ⓘ Motu language ⓘ surface form: Hiri Motu language Kokota language ⓘ Kove language ⓘ Kuanua language ⓘ Motu language ⓘ Nalik language ⓘ Roviana language ⓘ Siar-Lak language ⓘ Suauic languages ⓘ surface form: Suau language Tolai language ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ
region	Melanesia ⓘ
shareFeature	Austronesian pronominal systems ⓘ complex verbal morphology in some subgroups ⓘ reduplication as a productive morphological process ⓘ
spokenIn	Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ Solomon Islands nation ⓘ Vanuatu ⓘ
subgroupOf	Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ
typicalWordOrder	SVO ⓘ

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Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Western Oceanic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Oceanic languages subgroup