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Meso-Melanesian languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

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
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Region
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands 2
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Proto-Meso-Melanesian) 2
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Number of Languages
69 1
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Meso Melanesian linkage (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 69
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: Meso-Melanesian languages
  • Infobox: region
    Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Meso-Melanesian
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Wikidata: Meso-Melanesian languages
Wikidata Q2701297, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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