Talk:Oceanic languages
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[edit] Changing Grouping
I'm thinking of changing the Oceanic grouping to follow Lynch, Ross and Crowley (2002) The Oceanic Languages. It doesn't differ too much from what is already here, but there are a few changes. If I do this, I'd make the changes, and add all the languages in the subgroups as well. Since this will require a significant amount of work, I thought I'd post this here for a bit before going ahead and doing it.--Sheena V 00:12, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. I had been putting things up based on Ethnologue, but with a view to adding details from Lynch, Ross and Crowley (some of which I got around to doing). I have kind of lost steam on this project though, so knock yourself out. Conrad Leviston 12:53, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me, too. I've been gathering up a head of steam tinkering with some of the PNG languages in the Huon Gulf region, where I did dissertation fieldwork in 1976. I've mostly been filling out descriptive data on Iwal and Numbami, but plan to add a bit on Labu (based on work by Jeff Siegel), and eventually on Yabem (Jabêm), which is very well documented, though not so much in English until recently. Joel 04:01, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
