Meso-Melanesian languages

Meso-Melanesian
Geographic
distribution
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-Meso-Melanesian
Language codes
Glottologmeso1253

The Meso-Melanesian languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in the large Melanesian islands of New Ireland and the Solomon Islands east of New Guinea. Bali is one of the most conservative languages.