North-Central Vanuatu languages

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North-Central Vanuatu
Geographic
distribution		Northern and Central Vanuatu
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Proto-languageProto-North-Central Vanuatu
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog nort3195

The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by Ross Clark, who reconstructed the proto-language of the entire group, viewed here as an early, mutually-intelligible chain of dialects. [1] but this is not accepted by Lynch (2018). [2]

Languages

Following Clark (2009) and Glottolog 4.0, two major groups can be delineated, which are North Vanuatu and Central Vanuatu. Both groups are linkages. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, Ross (2009). Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/PL-603. ISSN   1448-8310.
  2. ↑ Lynch, John (2018). "Final Consonants and the Status of Proto-North-Central Vanuatu". Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. 36. ISSN   0023-1959.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2019). "Glottolog". 4.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ François, Alexandre (2011), "Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence", Journal of Historical Linguistics, 1 (2): 175–246, doi:10.1075/jhl.1.2.03fra, hdl: 1885/29283
  5. ↑ Tryon, Darrell. 2010. The languages of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. In John Bowden and Nikolaus P. Himmelmann and Malcolm Ross (eds.), A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: papers in honour of Andrew K. Pawley, 283–290. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
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