North Vanuatu languages

North Vanuatu languages

Infobox Language family
name=Northern Vanuatu
region=Vanuatu
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=Oceanic
fam7=Central-Eastern Oceanic
fam8=Southern Oceanic
child1=East Santo
child2=Malekula Interior
child3=Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands

The family of Northern Vanuatu languages is a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages.

Components

*East Santo languages
**North East Santo languages
**South East Santo languages
*Malekula Interior languages
**Labo
**Malekula Central languages
**Small Nambas languages
*Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands languages
**East Vanuatu languages
**Epi languages
**Malekula Coastal languages
**West Santo languages

References

Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. "The Oceanic languages." Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.


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