Central–Eastern Oceanic languages

Central–Eastern Oceanic
Geographic distribution:	The Pacific
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Eastern MP ? Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic
Subdivisions:	Southeast Solomons Southern Oceanic linkage Central Pacific linkage Micronesian
Glottolog:	None
The branches of CE Oceanic     Dark red = Southeast Solomons     Blue = Southern Oceanic     Pink = Micronesian     Ocher = Fijian-Polynesian (not shown: Rapa Nui) The black oval between red and blue is the Temotu languages.

The over 200 Central–Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages.

Components

Traditional classifications have posited a Remote Oceanic branch within this family, but this was abandoned in Lynch et al. (2002), as no defining features could be found for such a group of languages.

• Southeast Solomons
• Southern Oceanic linkage (languages of New Caledonia and Vanuatu, such as Paicî)
• Central Pacific (Polynesian and the languages of Fiji)
• Micronesian

In 2007 Ross & Næss moved the Utupua-Vanikoro languages from Central-Eastern to the newly established Temotu branch of Oceanic.

References

• Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.