The Micronesian languages form a family of Oceanic languages. Its twenty languages are known for lacking a plain labial consonant, instead having two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related New Caledonian languages.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor Proto-Language StatusReconstructed; the ancestor language is called Proto-Micronesian. 2 Compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Micronesian (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 21
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Micronesian languages, Wikipedia
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More recently, Lev Blumenfield argued that Micronesian is a linkage derived from a near-simultaneous settlement of Micronesia around two thousand years ago.
Infobox, Proto-language
Proto-language: Proto-Micronesian
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Micronesian
View the SourceWikidata: Micronesian
Wikidata Q420591, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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