| Nuclear Polynesian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Polynesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | nucl1485 |
Nuclear Polynesian refers to those languages comprising the Samoic and the Eastern Polynesian branches of the Polynesian group of Austronesian languages.
The Eastern Polynesian group comprises two major subgroups: Rapa Nui, spoken on Easter Island, and Central-Eastern, which is itself composed of Rapan, and the Marquesic and Tahitic languages.
Nuclear Polynesian is differentiated, among Polynesian languages, by its distinguishing characteristics from the Tongic languages spoken in most of Tonga and in Niue.
Languages
[edit]- Nuclear Polynesian
Alternative classification
[edit]- Nuclear Polynesian
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Pawley, Andrew (1966). "Polynesian languages: A subgrouping based on shared innovations in morphology". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 75 (1): 39–64. JSTOR 20704348.
- Biggs, Bruce (1971). "The history of Polynesian phonology". Oceanic Linguistics. 10 (1): 13–53. doi:10.2307/3622892.
- Clark, Ross (1976). Aspects of Proto-Polynesian syntax. Auckland: Linguistic Society of New Zealand.
- Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (2002). The Oceanic Languages. Richmond: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700711284.
- Clemens, Lauren; Massam, Diane (2021). "Polynesian languages and their contributions to theoretical linguistics". Polynesian Syntax and its Interfaces. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198860839.003.0001.
- Wilson, William H. (1985). "Subgrouping and linguistic diffusion: Some issues in Polynesian linguistics". In Pawley, Andrew K.; Carrington, Lois (eds.). Austronesian Linguistics at the 15th Pacific Science Congress. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.