The family of Central Pacific or Central Oceanic languages, also known as Fijian–Polynesian, are a branch of the
Oceanic languages
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...
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Classification
Ross et al. (2002) classify the languages as a
linkage
Linkage may refer to:
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* Linkage (hierarchical cluster ...
as follows:
[ Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & ]Terry Crowley
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. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
*Western
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Rotuman
**Western Fijian linkage:
Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua,
Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya)
*East Central Pacific linkage
**Eastern Fijian linkage:
Bauan
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History
Religious attribution and mi ...
(standard Fijian),
Gone Dau,
Lauan and
Lomaiviti
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Polynesian family
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.
References
{{Austronesian languages
Languages of Oceania
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages