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Central Pacific languages

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Geographicdistribution:
  
Fiji and Polynesia

Glottolog:
  
cent2060

Central Pacific languages

Linguistic classification:
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicCentral–EasternCentral Pacific

Subdivisions:
  
West Fijian – RotumanEast Fijian – Polynesian

The family of Central Pacific or Central Oceanic languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian, are a branch of the Oceanic languages.

Classification

Ross et al. (2002) classify the languages as a linkage as follows:

  • Western
  • Rotuman
  • Western Fijian linkage: Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua, Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya)
  • East Central Pacific linkage
  • Eastern Fijian linkage: Bauan (standard Fijian), Gone Dau, Lauan and Lomaiviti
  • Polynesian family

    • The West Fijian languages are more closely related to Rotuman, and East Fijian to Polynesian, than they are to each other, but subsequent contact has caused them to reconverge. Rotuman has been influenced by Polynesian languages.

    References

    Central Pacific languages Wikipedia
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