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The Southern Oceanic languages are a linkage of Oceanic spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by Lynch, Ross, and Crowley in 2002 and supported by later analysis. They suspect that it is a linkage rather than a straightforward family. ==Languages == Lynch (1995) tentatively grouped the languages as follows:〔Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002:112)〕 *Banks–Torres family *Northwest Santo family *Southwest Santo family *Sakao *East Santo family *Ambae–Maewo family *Nuclear Southern Oceanic linkage * *Central Vanuatu linkage * * *Malekula Coastal * * *Malekula Interior * * *Pentecost * * *Ambrym–Paama * *Epi–Efate * * *Epl * * *Shepherds–North Efate * *South Efate – Southern Melanesian linkage * * *South Efate dialect network * * *Southern Melanesian family * * * *Southern Vanuatu family * * * *New Caledonian family This organization is rather impressionistic. The non-nuclear branches are subsumed under the name Northern Vanuatu, but this is a residual group of languages with no defining features. Clark (2009) has a slightly different structure for the northern and central languages: North–Central Vanuatu *East Santo *Malekula Interior *Northeast Vanuatu – Banks Islands * *Central Vanuatu languages * *East Vanuatu languages * *Epi languages * *Malekula Coastal languages * *West Santo languages The Southern Vanuatu and New Caledonian languages were not addressed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Oceanic languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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