| Proto-Admiralty Islands | |
|---|---|
| Proto-Admiralty, Proto-Admiralties, PAdm | |
| Reconstruction of | Admiralty Islands languages |
| Region | Admiralty Islands |
Reconstructed ancestors | |
| Lower-order reconstructions |
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Proto-Admiralty Islands (also known as Proto-Admiralty or Proto-Admiralties and abbreviated as PAdm) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Admiralty Islands languages of the Admiralty Islands, located in Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian languages.
It was reconstructed by Robert Blust in 1978 who showed that the languages form a subgroup within Oceanic.[1] It was mentioned in detail by Malcolm Ross in 1998, who theorized a link with the two St. Matthias languages (Mussau and Tenis).