Temotu languages

Temotu
Geographic distribution	Solomon Islands
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Temotu
Subdivisions	Utupua–Vanikoro Reefs – Santa Cruz
Language codes
Temotu

The Temotu languages, named after Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands, are a branch of Oceanic languages proposed in Ross & Næss 2007 for the Reefs – Santa Cruz languages. These languages had previously been considered Papuan, but Ross & Næss established that the closest relatives were the Utupua–Vanikoro languages, previously considered Central–Eastern Oceanic.

• Reef Islands – Santa Cruz
• Utupua–Vanikoro. May be two independent branches:
  • Utupua
  • Vanikoro

Ethnologue does not accept the Vanikoro node.

References

• Ross, Malcolm and Åshild Næss (2007). "An Oceanic Origin for Äiwoo, the Language of the Reef Islands?". Oceanic Linguistics. 46: 456–498.