The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken across northern and central Vanuatu and in New Caledonia. Linguist Ross Clark developed the grouping and reconstructed its proto-language as an early, mutually intelligible dialect chain, dividing it into North Vanuatu and Central Vanuatu branches, though the classification remains disputed since John Lynch rejected it in 2018.
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Proto-Language StatusReconstructed by Ross Clark as an early mutually intelligible dialect chain; the grouping is not accepted by John Lynch (2018) 1 The proto-language was reconstructed by Ross Clark as an early, mutually intelligible chain of dialects, but the article records that this is not accepted by Lynch (2018). RegionVanuatu and New Caledonia 1 Sources
1. North-Central Vanuatu languages, Wikipedia
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The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
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It was proposed by Ross Clark, who reconstructed the proto-language of the entire group, viewed here as an early, mutually-intelligible chain of dialects
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