Admiralty Islands languages

Admiralty Islands
Geographic distribution	Admiralty Islands
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands
Subdivisions	Eastern Admiralty Islands Western Admiralty Islands Yapese ?
Glottolog	admi1239
Admiralties and Yapese

The Admiralty Islands languages are a group of some thirty Oceanic languages. They may include Yapese, which has proven difficult to classify.

According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is:

As noted, Yapese and Nguluwan may be part of the Admiralty Islands languages as well.