Geographic
distribution Western Pacific | Glottolog west2818 | |
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Linguistic classification Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic Subdivisions North New Guinea linkage
Meso-Melanesian linkage
Papuan Tip linkage | ||
The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by Ross (1988).
Classification
The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:
The center of dispersal was evidently near the Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain.
References
Western Oceanic languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA