Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Region›PolynesiaBrowse ByPolynesiaRegion names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.FactsPolynesiaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1PolynesiaFilter Results9 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (2)Austronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (2)Micronesian Languages (1)Polynesian Languages (6)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllNuclear Polynesian languages (3)Speaker Count BandAll798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (7)Classification StatusAllEstablished (4)Number of LanguagesAll16 to 1,408 (3)3 to 5 (1)In GroupAllAustronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (2)Micronesian Languages (1)Polynesian Languages (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Central Pacific languagesPolynesiaCentral-Eastern Oceanic languagesPolynesiaEllicean languagesPolynesiaMarquesic languagesPolynesiaNuclear Polynesian languagesPolynesiaOceanicPolynesiaPolynesianPolynesiaRemote Oceanic languagesPolynesiaTahitic languagesPolynesiaSources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of Papua New GuineaWikimedia FoundationLead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Quote, Lead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Ethnologue, among other sources, state that there are 840 living languages spoken in the country, although estimates vary due to the distinction between a language and a dialect.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.