Southern Oceanic languages - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Southern Oceanic languages are a branch of Oceanic proposed by Lynch, Ross, and Crowley in 2002 and supported by later analysis.

Composition

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database supports the following classification. Each node is fully supported.

New Caledonian – Loyalties
- New Caledonian
  New Caledonian languages
  The thirty New Caledonian languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks.-Components:*Haekic*Northern New Caledonian**Central Northern: Cemuhî, Paicî...
- Loyalty Islands
Vanuatu
- South Vanuatu
  South Vanuatu languages
  -Languages:*Erromanga: Sie, Sorung , Ifo , Ura *Anejom–Tanna**Aneityum**Tanna:***Kwamera...
- Northern Vanuatu (North–Central)

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