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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 as follows: Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. *Western ** Rotuman **Western Fijian linkage: Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua, Western Fijian (Nadroga, Waya) *East Central Pacific linkage **Eastern Fijian linkage: Bauan (standard Fijian), Gone Dau, Lauan and Lomaiviti ** 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