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Linguasphere-Register

lsr Root ▶ 3= AUSTRONESIAN phylosector ▶ 39= TRANSPACIFIC phylozone

id name

39= TRANSPACIFIC phylozone

list descendants

position

04.10

nodeType

innernode

also

Transpacific

keyWords

Oceanic; Austronesian

pdf

OL-SITE 1999-2000 MASTER ONE Sectors 3-Zones 35-39.pdf

lsrType

zone

grouping

phylo

scale

100.000 – 1.000.000

lsrCountry

Chile (Easter Island), Fiji, Micronesia, New Caledonia / Kanaky, Samoa, New Zealand / Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, and USA (Hawaii)

notes

covers the "Transpacific" grouping, part of the "Oceanic" affinity within the "Austronesian" intercontinental affinity; comprising 3 sets of languages (= 57 outer languages) spoken by communities in Australasia, on islands across the Pacific Ocean from the Caroline Islands to Hawaii and Easter Island: 39-A ROTUMA 39-B BAU + NADROGA 39-C NUKUORO + RAPANUI The island languages and communities of the Nukuoro + Rapanui set (& chain) extend well over a quarter of the way around the planet, from the Caroline islands to Easter island (from 154°E to 109°W)

statistics

3 sets • 4 chains • 22 nets • 57 outerLanguages • 166 innerLanguages • 21 dialects • 182 leaves • 273 descendants • 20 with wikidataLinks • 41 with iso639Links • 41 with ethnologueLinks • 99 with glottologLinks

geoentityID geoentityName

3 subdivisions

1*	39-A Rotuma
2*	39-B Bau + Nadroga
3*	39-C Nukuoro + Rapanui