The Meso-Melanesian languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken on the large Melanesian islands of New Ireland and the Solomon Islands, east of New Guinea. Bali is considered one of the family's most conservative languages.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionPapua New Guinea, Solomon Islands 2 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed (Proto-Meso-Melanesian) 2 Compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Meso Melanesian linkage (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 69
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Meso-Melanesian languages
Infobox: region
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Meso-Melanesian
View the SourceWikidata: Meso-Melanesian languages
Wikidata Q2701297, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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