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Western Oceanic languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Western Oceanic languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by Malcolm Ross in 1988. They make up a majority of the Austronesian languages spoken in New Guinea.

Facts
Region
Western Pacific 1
Proto-Language Status
Proto-language named: Proto-Western Oceanic 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Western Oceanic languages
  • Infobox, region
    Western Pacific
  • Infobox, protoname
    Proto-Western Oceanic
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