Utupua-Vanikoro languages

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Utupua-Vanikoro
Geographic distribution:	Solomon Islands
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Oceanic    Temotu     Utupua-Vanikoro
Subdivisions:	Utupua Vanikoro

The Utupua-Vanikoro languages are a recently established^[1] Temotu branch of Oceanic languages. No known shared innovations unite the two component families, which therefore may be independent branches of Temotu or Oceanic. However, a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[2] fully supported both Utupua-Vanikoro and their position within Oceanic.

There are six languages.

[edit] Components

• Utupua languages
  • Amba
  • Asumboa
  • Tanimbili
• Vanikoro languages
  • Teanu
  • Tanema
  • Vano

[edit] References

1. ^ *Ross, Malcolm and Åshild Næss (2007). "An Oceanic Origin for Äiwoo, the Language of the Reef Islands?". Oceanic Linguistics 46: 456–498. 
2. ^ [1]

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