New Ireland languages
| Meso-Melanesian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution |
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands |
| Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
|
| Glottolog | meso1253 |
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.
The languages group as follows:
Ethnologue adds Guramalum to the St George linkage.
The Willaumez Peninsula on the north coast of New Britain was evidently the center of dispersal.
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