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The Oceanic languages were first shown to be a language family by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1896 and, besides Malayo-Polynesian, they are the only established large branch of Austronesian languages. Grammatically, they have been strongly influenced by the Papuan languages of northern New Guinea , but they retain a remarkably large amount of ...
The various Aboriginal Australian language families, including the large Pama–Nyungan family; The various Papuan language families of New Guinea and neighbouring islands, including the large Trans–New Guinea family; Contact between Austronesian and Papuan resulted in several instances in mixed languages such as Maisin. Non-indigenous ...
There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing 7 percent of the 522 Oceanic languages, and 3 percent of the Austronesian family. [1] While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle ), the other half – known as Polynesian outliers – are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls ...
Tok Pisin is an English-based creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in the country. In parts of Western, Gulf, Central, Oro and Milne Bay provinces, however, the use of Tok Pisin has a shorter history, and is less universal especially among older people.
(not confuse with Karipuna or Palikúr a native Arawakan language of Amapá State) Lanc-Patuá, spoken more widely in the state of Amapá, is a variety of the former, possibly the same language. Indian Ocean Varieties with progressive aspect marker ape [2] – subsumed under a common classification as Bourbonnais Creoles (Mascarene Creoles)
Daniel Poole, from Perranporth in Cornwall, had been on a surfing trip to Sri Lanka when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered the tsunami, which claimed the lives of more ...
30 languages. العربية ... "Ocean", a song by Cold on the 2005 album A Different Kind of Pain "Ocean", a song by Five for Fighting on the 1997 album Message for ...
The languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture. There are six official languages spoken in the Caribbean: . Spanish (official language of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, Bay Islands (Honduras), Corn Islands (Nicaragua), Isla Cozumel, Isla Mujeres (Mexico), Nueva Esparta (Venezuela), the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela and San Andrés ...