Proto-Micronesian (abbreviated as PMc) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Micronesian languages. It belongs to the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian...

Loyalty Islands languages. According to Jackson (1983, 1986) the languages group as follows: Micronesian family Nauruan Nuclear Micronesian family Kosraean...

Austronesian language family. Proto-Oceanic is a descendant of the Proto-Austronesian language (PAN), the common ancestor of the Austronesian languages. Proto-Oceanic...

The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They...

Islands Proto-Temotu language Proto-Micronesian language Proto-Torres–Banks language Proto-Koreanic Proto-Japonic Proto-Kra–Dai Proto-Kra (list) Proto-Kam–Sui...

turn descended via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian from Proto-Austronesian. The languages in the Micronesian family are Marshallese, Gilbertese, Kosraean, Nauruan...

Proto-Austronesian (commonly abbreviated as PAN or PAn) is a proto-language. It is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages, one of the...

Proto-Palaungic Proto-Khmeric Proto-Aslian Proto-Munda Proto-Sino-Tibetan Old Chinese language [17] Proto-Tibeto-Burman [18] Proto-Loloish [19] Proto-Karenic...

number of historical sounds changes from Proto-Oceanic and Proto-Micronesian. Chuukic languages and Pohnpeic languages separately share later innovations....

Vanuatu languages Loyalties-New Caledonia languages Micronesian languages Central Pacific languages Western Central Pacific linkage Rotuman language Western...

giving rise to Proto-Polynesian, the linguistic ancestor of all modern Polynesian languages. After that period of shared development, the Proto-Polynesian...

Indo-European languages, based on the assumption that parts of the Proto-Indo-Europeans' original belief systems survived in the daughter traditions. The Proto-Indo-European...

Batak languages: Proto-Batak *apuy > Simalungun apuy; all other languages api 'fire' Proto-Batak *matey > Simalungun matei; all other languages mate 'dead'...

branch of Micronesian in the Austronesian language family. The languages are primarily spoken in Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia. Mokilese...

type in Proto-Austronesian is disyllabic with the shape CV(C)CVC (C = consonant; V = vowel), and is still found in many Austronesian languages. In most...

such a group of languages. Southeast Solomonic Southern Oceanic linkage (non-Polynesian languages of Vanuatu and New Caledonia) Micronesian Central Pacific...

Mokilese, and Pohnpeian. Within the Micronesian archipelago, Marshallese—along with the rest of the Micronesian language group—is not as closely related to...

contiguous to *i Proto-Southeastern Celebic to Proto-Muna–Buton *w > Ø final consonant loss (?) Languages of Sulawesi South Sulawesi languages Mead, David...

Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Micronesian Proper, Kusaiean. A half-rounded, double back-vowel sound is phonemically...

Pingelapese language is a Micronesian language native to Pingelap, an atoll belonging to the state of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. This atoll...

(2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366. Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions:...

Tungaru), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current...

common origin. The monogenesis hypothesis posits that a single language, commonly called proto–Pidgin English, spoken along the West African coast in the...

show that the languages have descended from a single common ancestor called Proto-Germanic. Some shared features of Germanic languages include the division...

Pohnpeian is a Micronesian language spoken as the indigenous language of the island of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands. Pohnpeian has approximately 30...

hibiscus can be reconstructed to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baRu, which became Proto-Oceanic *paRu and Proto-Micronesian *kili-fau. Modern cognates include...

Blench (2018). Proto-South Sulawesi (PSS) has been reconstructed by Mills (1975a, 1975b). The Proto-South-Sulawesi vowel *ɨ is a reflex of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian...

Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) languages form a proposed branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages consisting of over 700 languages (Blust 1993). The Central...

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu and Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates in other Austronesian languages include the Micronesian aniti, Lio language nitu...

single language according to the first source to mention it. With the exception of certain Micronesian languages, the Sarmi–Jayapura languages have the...