CMP languages

E148733

CMP languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia and surrounding regions.

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CMP languages canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages subgroup
language subgroup
classificationStatus controversial
contrastedWith South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
definedBy shared lexical innovations
shared morphological innovations
shared phonological innovations
fieldOfStudy Austronesian linguistics
fullName Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
geographicExtent Central Maluku
Nusa Tenggara region of Indonesia
linked to: Nusa Tenggara

Timor-Alor-Pantar area
hasAlternativeName Central MP languages
Central Malayo Polynesian languages
hasSubgroup Aru languages
Babar languages
Banda languages
Bima–Sumba languages
Central Maluku languages
Flores–Lembata languages
Kei–Tanimbar languages
linked to: Tanimbar languages

Selaru languages
linked to: Selaru language

Southeast Maluku languages
Teor–Kur languages
Timoric languages
Tukang Besi–Bonerate languages
hasWritingSystem Latin script in many member languages
languageCount dozens of individual languages
linguisticFeature complex verbal morphology in many member languages
frequent use of prefixation and suffixation
numerous local sound changes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
neighboringTo Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
partOf Austronesian language family
Malayo-Polynesian languages
proposalDate 1970s
proposedBy Robert Blust
reconstructionTarget Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian
spokenInCountry Indonesia
Timor-Leste
spokenInRegion Banda Sea region
linked to: Banda Sea

Lesser Sunda Islands
Moluccas
linked to: Maluku Islands

Timor area
linked to: Timor

eastern Indonesia
usedBy various ethnic groups of eastern Indonesia

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