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Central Pacific languages
Branch of the Oceanic languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Central Pacific languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian languages, are a branch of the Oceanic languages spoken in Fiji and Polynesia.
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Classification
Ross et al. (2002) classify the languages as a linkage.[1]
- Central Pacific
- Western
- Rotuman
- Western Fijian linkage
- Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua
- Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya)
- East Central Pacific linkage
- Eastern Fijian linkage
- Polynesian family
- Western
The West Fijian languages are more closely related to Rotuman, and East Fijian to Polynesian, than they are to each other, but subsequent contact has caused them to reconverge. Rotuman has been influenced by Polynesian languages, evident today by the presence of two reflex sets (one inherited, one from Polynesian).
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References
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