What is Languages of Oceania?
[[File:Oceanic_languages.svg|right|thumb|350x350px|The branches of the Oceanic languages {{Legend|#FF8000|Admiralties and [[Yapese language|Yapese]]}} {{Legend|#FFD200|St Matthias}} {{Legend|#00C800|Western Oceanic}} {{Legend|#640064|Temotu}} {{Legend|#A00000|Southeast Solomons}} {{Legend|#0000FF|Southern Oceanic}} {{Legend|#DC00DC|Micronesian}} {{Legend|#BEBE00|Samoan-Polynesian}} ]] The '''languages of [[Oceania]]''' are divided into 3 large geographical groups: * The large [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language family, with such languages as [[Malay language|Malay]] ([[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] ([[Filipino language|Filipino]]), and [[Polynesian languages]] such as [[Māori language|Māori]] and [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] * The variant Aboriginal Australian language families, included the big Pama–Nyungan family * The variant [[Papuan languages|Papuan language families]] of [[New Guinea]] and other neighbouring islands, included the large Trans–New Guinea family Contact between the Austronesian and Papuan that resulted on various instances on [[Mixed language|mixed languages]], such as Maisin and various languages. Some colonial languages include [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] in [[East Timor]], [[Russian language|Russian]] in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, [[Japanese language|Japanese]] in Ogasawara and Palau, and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] in Easter Island and Micronesia. == List == Primary colonial languages include: * [[English language|English]] in [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Hawaii]], and various territories * [[French language|French]] in [[New Caledonia]], in [[Vanuatu]], in [[Wallis and Futuna]] and [[French Polynesia]] * [[Hindi]] in [[Fiji]] * [[Japanese language|Japanese]] in [[Palau]] and the Bonin Islands * [[Chinese language|Chinese]] in [[Kiribati]] and [[Nauru]] * [[Spanish language|Spanish]] in [[Easter Island]], in the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], in the [[Juan Fernandez Islands]] and the [[Galápagos Isl