North-Central Vanuatu languages

The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by Ross Clark, who reconstructed the proto-language of the entire group, viewed here as an early, mutually-intelligible chain of dialects.^[1] but this is not accepted by Lynch (2018).^[2]

North-Central Vanuatu
Geographic distribution	Northern and Central Vanuatu
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic North-Central Vanuatu
Proto-language	Proto-North-Central Vanuatu
Subdivisions	North Vanuatu Central Vanuatu
Language codes
Glottolog	nort3195

Languages

Following Clark (2009) and Glottolog 4.0, two major groups can be delineated, which are North Vanuatu and Central Vanuatu. Both groups are linkages.^[1][3]

• North Vanuatu
  • Torres–Banks^[4]
  • Maewo–Ambae–Pentecost
  • Espiritu Santo^[5]
• Central Vanuatu
  • Malakula
  • Epi-Efate
  • (various others)