Temotu languages
Group of Oceanic languages of the eastern Solomon Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Temotu languages, named after Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, are a branch of Oceanic languages proposed in Ross & Næss (2007) to unify the Reefs – Santa Cruz languages with Utupua and Vanikoro, each a group of three related languages.
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Temotu | |
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Geographic distribution | Solomon Islands |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Proto-language | Proto-Temotu |
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Glottolog | temo1244 |
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Utupua and Vanikoro were formerly classified together as the Utupua–Vanikoro languages or Eastern Outer Islands languages (see Proto-Temotu language § Descendants).