| Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
The Moluccas and the Pacific |
| Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Paiwanic Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central-Eastern MP ? Eastern Malayo-Polynesian |
| Subdivisions: | |
| ISO 639-5: | pqe |
The Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (EMP) languages form a putative subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian languages consisting of over 500 languages. Their relationship is not supported by much linguistic data: per Malcolm Ross, there is "essentially no evidence" that the South Halmahera–West New Guinea and Oceanic families form an exclusive clade within Malayo-Polynesian, while a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database gives the proposal a confidence level of 58%.[1]
References
- Fay Wouk and Malcolm Ross (ed.), The history and typology of western Austronesian voice systems. Australian National University, 2002.
- K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005.
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