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The Oceanic languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, containing approximately 450 languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia.
Despite covering such a vast area, Oceanic languages are spoken by less than two million people. The largest individual Oceanic languages are Samoan and Eastern Fijian, with over 300,000 speakers. Kiribati (Gilbertese), Tongan, and perhaps Kuanua (Tolai) have 100,000 speakers apiece.
Oceanic languages
Classification
| | Name | Oceanic | | Region | Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia | | Familycolor | Austronesian | | Fam2 | Malayo-Polynesian languages | | Fam3 | Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages | | Fam4 | Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages | | Fam5 | Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages | | Child1 | St. Matthias languages | | Child2 | Yapese language | | Child3 | Admiralty Island languages | | Child4 | Western Oceanic languages | | Child5 | Central-Eastern Oceanic languages |
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Classification
Yapese (possibly an Admiralty Islands language)
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