Central–Eastern Oceanic languages

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Austronesian language subgroup Oceanic language subgroup language subgroup

Central–Eastern Oceanic languages are a major subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family, spoken across parts of Melanesia and Polynesia and known for their shared phonological and grammatical innovations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Central-Eastern Oceanic languages 1
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages subgroup 1
Proto-Central Pacific 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ
Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
definedBy shared innovations relative to other Oceanic languages ⓘ
hasBranch Oceanic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic innovations in possessive constructions ⓘ
innovations in pronominal systems ⓘ
innovations in verbal morphology ⓘ
regular sound correspondences among member languages ⓘ
shared grammatical innovations ⓘ
shared phonological innovations ⓘ
hasClassificationStatus widely accepted subgroup within Oceanic ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Melanesia ⓘ
surface form: Island Melanesia

Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Ocean region

parts of Micronesia ⓘ
hasLinguisticFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
hasProtoLanguage Central–Eastern Oceanic languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Central–Eastern Oceanic
hasSubgroup Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Oceanic languages

Micronesian languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ
Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ
Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
includesLanguage Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form: Chuukese language

Fijian languages ⓘ
surface form: Fijian language

Hawaiian language ⓘ
Kiribati language ⓘ
Kosraean language ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
surface form: Maori language

Marshallese language ⓘ
Mortlockese language ⓘ
Nauruan ⓘ
surface form: Nauruan language

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form: Pohnpeian language

Samoan language ⓘ
Tahitian language ⓘ
Tongan language ⓘ
Tuvaluan language ⓘ
partOf Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ
reconstructableFrom comparative method in historical linguistics ⓘ
spokenBy various Melanesian peoples ⓘ
various Micronesian peoples ⓘ
various Polynesian peoples ⓘ
spokenIn Melanesia ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
studiedInField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
timeDepth several millennia ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Central Pacific languages → hasProtoLanguage → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Central Pacific
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → hasProtoLanguage → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Central–Eastern Oceanic
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central–Eastern Oceanic languages subgroup
Meso-Melanesian languages → partOf → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central-Eastern Oceanic languages
Northwest Solomonic languages → partOf → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
Southeast Solomonic languages → partOf → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
Southeast Solomonic languages → subclassOf → Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ