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Polynesian

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
Region
the Polynesian triangle, with outlier communities across Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu 2
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Number of Languages
39 1
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Africa

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Australia

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Micronesia

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Source Polynesian languages - WikipediaLead sentence 3
Quote, Lead sentence 3
While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle), the other half – known as Polynesian outliers – are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu.
Polynesia

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Source Polynesian languages - WikipediaLead sentence 3
Quote, Lead sentence 3
While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle), the other half – known as Polynesian outliers – are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Polynesian (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 39
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Polynesian languages - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle), the other half - known as Polynesian outliers - are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu.
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Polynesian
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Wikidata: Polynesian
Wikidata Q390979, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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