Admiralty Islands | |
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Geographic distribution |
Admiralty Islands |
Linguistic classification |
Austronesian
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | admi1239 |
Admiralties and Yapese
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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.