Eastern MP languages

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Eastern MP languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken across parts of eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, encompassing many of the Oceanic and related languages.

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Eastern MP languages canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
areCharacterizedBy distribution across eastern Indonesia and the Pacific ⓘ
arePartOf wider Pacific linguistic area ⓘ
areRelevantTo Austronesian comparative linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics of the Pacific ⓘ
areSpokenBy Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Pacific Islander populations ⓘ
areStudiedIn Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
contains many Oceanic languages ⓘ
related non-Oceanic Austronesian languages ⓘ
familyColor Austronesian ⓘ
geographicDistribution Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Malay Archipelago

Pacific Islands ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
higherClassification Austronesian languages ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
includes Oceanic languages ⓘ
partOf Austronesian language family ⓘ
spokenIn Melanesia ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
subgroupOf Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SVO ⓘ

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Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages → alsoKnownAs → Eastern MP languages ⓘ