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Micronesian

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Micronesian languages form a family of Oceanic languages. Its twenty languages are known for lacking a plain labial consonant, instead having two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related New Caledonian languages.

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Region
Micronesia 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed; the ancestor language is called Proto-Micronesian. 1
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Sources
1. Micronesian languages, Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    More recently, Lev Blumenfield argued that Micronesian is a linkage derived from a near-simultaneous settlement of Micronesia around two thousand years ago.
  • Infobox, Proto-language
    Proto-language: Proto-Micronesian
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Wikidata: Micronesian
Wikidata Q420591, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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