Western Oceanic languages
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The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by Script error: No such module "Footnotes".. They make up a majority of the Austronesian languages spoken in New Guinea.
Classification
The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:[1]
- North New Guinea linkage
- Meso-Melanesian linkage
- Papuan Tip linkage
The center of dispersal was evidently Script error: No such module "Unsubst".near the Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain.
Notes
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References
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