North Vanuatu languages

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Northern Vanuatu
Geographic distribution:	Vanuatu
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian (MP)   Nuclear MP    Central-Eastern MP     Eastern MP      Oceanic       Central-Eastern Oceanic        Southern Oceanic         Northern Vanuatu
Subdivisions:	East Santo Malekula Interior Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands

The family of Northern Vanuatu languages is a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages.

[edit] Components

• East Santo languages
  • North East Santo languages
  • South East Santo languages
• Malekula Interior languages
  • Labo
  • Malekula Central languages
  • Small Nambas languages
• Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands languages
  • East Vanuatu languages
  • Epi languages
  • Malekula Coastal languages
  • West Santo languages

[edit] References

Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.