North-Central Vanuatu languages

The North-Central Vanuatu languages are a linkage of Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It was proposed by Clark (2009), who reconstructed the proto-language of the entire group, viewed here as an early, mutually-intelligible chain of dialects. but this is not accepted by Lynch (2018).

Languages
Following Clark (2009) and Glottolog 4.0, two major groups can be delineated, which are North Vanuatu and Central Vanuatu. Both groups are linkages.


 * North Vanuatu
 * Torres–Banks
 * Espiritu Santo
 * (various others)
 * Central Vanuatu
 * Malakula
 * Epi-Efate
 * (various others)