West Arawe is an Austronesian dialect chain of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The principal varieties are Apalik, Gimi, Aiklep, and Arawe proper...

needed] East Arawe: Akolet, Avau, Bebeli, Lesing-Gelimi West Arawe: Solong, Apalik (Ambul), Gimi, Aiklep ?Mangseng Mengen family: Lote, Mamusi, Mengen Maleu...

Austronesian language spoken by about 500 tropical forest agriculturists in the Gimi Rauto District of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the...

spoken in the Solomon Islands and New Britain (various Meso-Melanesian languages). Word order in Oceanic languages is highly diverse, and is distributed...

"Indonesian languages" he meant Malayo-Polynesian languages west of New Guinea, because by that time there was still no notion of Indonesian language. Sutan...

tonal languages are Moklen and a few languages of the Chamic, South Halmahera–West New Guinea and New Caledonian subgroups. Most Austronesian languages are...

groups). The West Papuan, Lower Mamberamo, and most Torricelli languages are all left-headed, as well as the languages of New Britain and New Ireland. These...

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....

Ternateans used (and still use) the unrelated Ternate language, a West Papuan language, as their first language. Malay was used solely as a lingua franca for...

and new settlers. Malagasy is spoken by around 25 million people in Madagascar and the Comoros. Most people in Madagascar speak it as a first language, as...

It is an official language, alongside English, in both jurisdictions. It is widely spoken across the Pacific region, heavily so in New Zealand and also...

piawai), Bahasa Malaysia (lit. 'Malaysian language'), or simply Malay, is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei...

common with New Zealand Māori, as both languages are relatively conservative in retaining consonants lost in other Eastern Polynesian languages. Like all...

Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand Māori. It is spoken by the Moriori, the indigenous people of New Zealand's...

pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...

the north coast of New Britain. Lynch, Ross & Crowley 2002. Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm; Crowley, Terry (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey:...

Malay language, also called Bruneian Malay language (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Brunei; Jawi: بهاس ملايو بروني), is the most widely spoken language in Brunei...

and Amosa villages of Gimi region of Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea where tribal fighting in the region of Gimi has been going on since...

Lombok, an island in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is closely related to the Balinese and Sumbawa languages spoken on adjacent islands...

Austronesian language spoken by about 550 individuals between the Andru and Johanna Rivers in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain...

magareva, IPA: [te re.o ma.ŋa.re.va]; in French mangarévien) is a Polynesian language spoken by about 600 people in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia (especially...

Jawi: بَهَسَ سُوگ‎; Malay: Bahasa Sūlūk, lit. 'Language of Sulu/the Tausūg people') is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines...

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

Lesing-Gelimi, or Lesing-Atui, is an Austronesian language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Lesing-Gelimi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

language, or Kuanua, is spoken by the Tolai people of Papua New Guinea, who live on the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain Province. This language...

Austronesian language of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Bebeli at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Kaipuleohone has an open access archive of Bebeli language. v...

Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māʼohi, languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French...

Lifou, Lifu, qene drehu) is an Austronesian language mostly spoken on Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. It has about 12,000 fluent speakers...

Oceanic language of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The Harua (Xarua) dialect developed on a palm plantation. Phonology of the Bola language: /t/ is...

Lusi is an Austronesian language of New Britain. Kaliai is a dialect. Lusi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...