Loyalty Island languages

Loyalty Island languages

Infobox Language family
name=Loyalty Island languages
region=Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=Oceanic
fam7=Central-Eastern
fam8=Southern Oceanic
fam9=Nuclear Southern Oceanic
fam10=South Efate-Southern Melanesian
fam11=Southern Melanesian
fam12=New Caledonian|

The four Loyalty Island languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages.

Components

*Drehu (Lifou)
*Iaai (Ouvéa)
*Faga uvea (Ouvéa)
*Nengone (Maré)


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