Admiralty Islands
Geographic distribution:	The Admiralty Islands
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Oceanic    Admiralty Islands
Subdivisions:	Eastern Western ? Yapese

The family of Admiralty Island languages is a group of thirty Oceanic languages. It may include Yapese, which has proven difficult to classify.

[edit] Components

A 2008 analysis of eight Admiralties languages in the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[1] fully supported the unity of the family, although Yapese was not included.

• Eastern Admiralty Island languages
  • Manus languages
  • Pak Tong
  • Southeast Admiralty languages
• Western Admiralty Island languages
  • Kaniet
  • Seimat
  • Wuvulu-Aua
• ?Yapese

[edit] References

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