Samoic languages

Samoic
Samoic–Outlier
Geographic distribution	Polynesian islands
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian? Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Central–Eastern Oceanic Central Pacific East Central Pacific Polynesian Nuclear Polynesian Samoic
Subdivisions	East Uvean–Niuafo'ou Ellicean Futunic Pukapuka Samoan Tokelauan
Language codes
Glottolog	None

The Samoic languages are a purported group of the Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The name Samoic-Outlier recognizes Samoan.

Classification

Ethnologue

According to Ethnologue 26, the Samoic–Outlier languages are as follows:

• Samoic–Outlier
  • East Uvean–Niuafo’ou
    • Niuatoputapu
    • Niuafo’ou
    • Wallisian
  • Ellicean
    • Kapingamarangi
    • Takuu
    • Nukuoro
    • Nukumanu
    • Nukeria
    • Ontong Java
    • Sikaiana
    • Tuvaluan
  • Futunic
    • Anuta
    • East Futuna
    • Futuna–Aniwa
    • Emae
    • Rennell–Bellona
    • Mele–Fila
    • Vaeakau–Taumako
    • Tikopia
    • Fagauvea
  • Pukapuka
  • Samoan
  • Tokelauan

Glottolog

Hammarström et al. do not view the Samoic–Outlier languages as a valid phylogenetic clade. As such, the languages classified as Samoic–Outlier languages in Ethnologue are classified in the Glottolog database within Nuclear Polynesian as follows: ^[1]

• Nuclear Polynesian
  • Anuta
  • East Futuna
  • East Uvean–Niuafoʻou
    • East Uvean
    • Niuafoʻou
    • Niuatoputapu
  • Ellicean
    • Pukapukic
      • Pukapuka
      • Samoan–Tokelauan
        • Samoan
        • Tokelau
    • Tuvalu
  • Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian
    • Carolinean Outlier Polynesian
      • Kapingamarangi
      • Nukuoro
    • Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian
      • Central Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian
        • Central Northern Outlier Polynesian
          • Luangiua
          • Takuuic
            • Nukumanu
            • Nukuria
            • Takuu
        • East Polynesian
          • [...]
      • Sikaiana
  • Rennell–Bellona
  • Tikopia
  • Vaeakau–Taumako
  • Vanuatu–Loyalty Outliers
    • Emae
    • Mele–Futuna
      • Futuna–Aniwa
      • Mele–Fila
    • West Uvean

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2023-07-10). "Glottolog 4.8 - Nuclear Polynesian". Glottolog . Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7398962 . Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.