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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.

Facts
Region
the Polynesian triangle, with outlier communities across Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu 1
Sources
1. Polynesian languages - Wikipedia
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the other half, known as Polynesian outliers, are spoken in other parts of the Pacific
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