Southern Oceanic languages 4490839 212829530 2008-05-16T13:37:01Z Tropylium 400620 recategorized {{Infobox Language family |name=Southern Oceanic |region=The [[Pacific]] |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=[[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] (MP) |fam3=[[Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages|Nuclear MP]] |fam4=[[Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central-Eastern MP]] |fam5=[[Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Eastern MP]] |fam6=[[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]] |fam7=[[Central-Eastern Oceanic languages|Central-Eastern]] |child1=[[North Vanuatu languages|Northern Vanuatu]] |child2=Nuclear Southern Oceanic |}} The '''Southern Oceanic languages''', or '''Southern Oceanic [[linkage (linguistics)|linkage]]''', is a branch of [[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]] proposed by Lynch, Ross, and Crowley (2002). ==Components== *[[North Vanuatu languages|Northern Vanuatu linkage]] *Nuclear Southern Oceanic linkage: **[[Central Vanuatu languages|Central Vanuatu linkage]] **South Efate-Southern Melanesian linkage: ***[[South Efate language]] ***Southern Melanesian linkage: ****[[South Vanuatu languages|Southern Vanuatu languages]] ****New Caledonian languages: *****[[New Caledonian languages|Mainland New Caledonian languages]] *****[[Loyalty Island languages]] == References == [[Lynch, John]], [[Malcolm Ross]] & [[Terry Crowley (linguist)|Terry Crowley]]. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. [[Category:Central-Eastern Oceanic languages]] [[Category:Languages of Oceania]] {{au-lang-stub}}