The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken across northern and central Vanuatu and in New Caledonia. Linguist Ross Clark developed the grouping and reconstructed its proto-language as an early, mutually intelligible dialect chain, dividing it into North Vanuatu and Central Vanuatu branches, though the classification remains disputed since John Lynch rejected it in 2018.
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Proto-Language StatusReconstructed by Ross Clark as an early mutually intelligible dialect chain; the grouping is not accepted by John Lynch (2018) 2 The proto-language was reconstructed by Ross Clark as an early, mutually intelligible chain of dialects, but the article records that this is not accepted by Lynch (2018). Browse and compare
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Number of Languages RegionVanuatu and New Caledonia 2 In the Other Atlases
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Source North-Central Vanuatu languages, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
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1. Glottolog: North and Central Vanuatu (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 106
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. North-Central Vanuatu languages, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph, first sentence
The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
Lead paragraph, second sentence
It was proposed by Ross Clark, who reconstructed the proto-language of the entire group, viewed here as an early, mutually-intelligible chain of dialects
Infobox: protoname
Proto-North-Central Vanuatu
View the SourceWikidata: North-Central Vanuatu languages
Wikidata Q3070307, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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