Utupua–Vanikoro languages
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| Utupua–Vanikoro | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Solomon Islands |
| Linguistic classification: | Austronesian |
| Subdivisions: | |
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.
Ethnologue does not accept the Vanikoro node.
[edit] References
- ^ *Ross, Malcolm and Åshild Næss (2007). "An Oceanic Origin for Äiwoo, the Language of the Reef Islands?". Oceanic Linguistics 46: 456–498.
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