Admiralty Island languages
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| Admiralty Islands | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
The Admiralty Islands |
| Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands |
| Subdivisions: |
? Yapese
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The family of Admiralty Island languages is a group of thirty Oceanic languages. It may include Yapese, which has proven difficult to classify.
[edit] Components
A 2008 analysis of eight Admiralties languages in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] fully supported the unity of the family, although Yapese was not included.
[edit] References
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