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Geographic distribution | Western Pacific |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Proto-language | Proto-Western Oceanic |
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Glottolog | west2818 |
Western Oceanic |
The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by Ross (1988). They make up a majority of the Austronesian languages spoken in New Guinea.
The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:[1]
The center of dispersal was evidently[citation needed]near the Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain.
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