Temotu languages

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Geographicdistribution Solomon Islands		Glottolog temo1244

Linguistic classification AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicTemotu Subdivisions Utupua–VanikoroReefs–Santa Cruz

The Temotu languages, named after Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, are a branch of Oceanic languages proposed in Ross & Næss 2007 for the Reefs – Santa Cruz languages. These languages had previously been considered Papuan, but Ross & Næss established that the closest relatives were the Utupua–Vanikoro languages, previously thought to be Central–Eastern Oceanic.

Reef Islands–Santa Cruz

Utupua–Vanikoro (may be two independent branches)

Utupua: Amba, Asumboa, Tanimbili

Ethnologue does not accept the Vanikoro node.

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