North-Central Vanuatu languages

North-Central Vanuatu
Geographic
distribution		Northern and Central Vanuatu
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-North-Central Vanuatu
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by Clark (2009), who reconstructed the proto-language of the entire group, viewed here as an early, mutually-intelligible chain of dialects.[1] but this is not accepted by Lynch (2018).[2]

  1. ^ Clark, Ross (2009). Leo Tuai: A comparative lexical study of North and Central Vanuatu languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi:10.15144/PL-603. ISSN 1448-8310.
  2. ^ Lynch, John (2018). "Final Consonants and the Status of Proto-North-Central Vanuatu". Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. 36. ISSN 0023-1959.