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Samoic languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Polynesian islands

Glottolog
  
None

Linguistic classification
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Central Pacific Polynesian Samoic

Subdivisions
  
East Uvean–Niuafo'ou Ellicean Futunic Pukapuka Samoan Tokelauan

The Samoic–Outlier languages, also known as Samoic languages, are a purported group of Polynesian languages, encompassing the Polynesian languages of Samoa, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, and Polynesian outlier languages in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The name "Samoic-Outlier" recognizes Sāmoan.

Classification

According to Ethnologue 16, the Samoic languages are as follows:

  • East Uvean–Niuafoʻou
  • Niuafoʻou (in Tonga)
  • ʻUvea (also called Wallisian or East Uvean, on ʻUvea or Wallis island, Wallis and Futuna)
  • Pukapukan (Pukapuka in the Cook Islands)
  • Sāmoan (Sāmoa and American Sāmoa)
  • Tokelauan (Tokelau)
  • Niuatoputapu (on Niuatoputapu in Tonga, extinct)
  • Ellicean
  • Tuvaluan (Tuvalu)
  • Kapingamarangi (Kapingamarangi in the Federated States of Micronesia)
  • Nukuoro (Nukuoro in the Federated States of Micronesia)
  • Ontong Java (Ontong Java in the Solomon Islands)
  • Sikaiana (Sikaiana in the Solomon Islands)
  • Takuu language (Takuu in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea)
  • Nukumanu (Nukumanu in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea)
  • Nuguria (Nuguria in the eastern islands of Papua New Guinea)
  • Futunic
  • Anuta (Anuta in the Solomon Islands)
  • Futuna (or East Futunan, on Futuna in Wallis and Futuna)
  • Futuna-Aniwa (or West Futunan, on Futuna and Aniwa in Vanuatu)
  • Emae (Emae in Vanuatu)
  • Rennellese (Rennell in the Solomon Islands)
  • Mele-Fila (Mele in Vanuatu)
  • Pileni (Pileni in the Solomon Islands)
  • Tikopia (Tikopia in the Solomon Islands)
  • Uvean (or West Uvean, on Ouvéa, New Caledonia)

    • References

    Samoic languages Wikipedia
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