The Western Oceanic languages is a
linkage
Linkage may refer to:
* ''Linkage'' (album), by J-pop singer Mami Kawada, released in 2010
*Linkage (graph theory), the maximum min-degree of any of its subgraphs
*Linkage (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
* Linkage (hierarchical cluster ...
of
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 ...
, proposed and studied by .
Classification
The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:
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North New Guinea linkage
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Meso-Melanesian linkage
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Papuan Tip linkage
The center of dispersal was evidently near the
Willaumez Peninsula
The Willaumez Peninsula is located on the north coast of New Britain in the West New Britain Province. It was named after Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez (7 August 1763 – 17 May 1845) was a French sailor, ...
on the north coast of
New Britain.
Notes
References
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{{Austronesian languages
Oceanic languages