Central Pacific languages
The family of Central Pacific or Central Oceanic languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian, are a branch of the Oceanic languages.
| Central Pacific | |
|---|---|
| Fijian–Polynesian | |
| Geographic distribution | Fiji and Polynesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Central Pacific |
| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | cent2060[1] |
 The Central Pacific languages Pink is Western Fijian – Rotuman; ocher East Fijian – Polynesian (not shown: Rapa Nui) | |
Classification
Ross et al. (2002) classify the languages as a linkage as follows:[2]
- 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.
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Central Pacific linkage". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
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