The Samoic languages are a purported group of the Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The name Samoic-Outlier recognizes Samoan.

Classification

Ethnologue

According to Ethnologue 26, the Samoic–Outlier languages are as follows:

Samoic–Outlier

East Uvean–Niuafo’ou

• Niuatoputapu

• Niuafo’ou

• Wallisian

Ellicean

• Kapingamarangi

• Takuu

• Nukuoro

• Nukumanu

• Nukeria

• Ontong Java

• Sikaiana

• Tuvaluan

Futunic

• Anuta

• East Futuna

• Futuna–Aniwa

• Emae

• Rennell–Bellona

• Mele–Fila

• Vaeakau–Taumako

• Tikopia

• Fagauvea

• Pukapuka

• Samoan

• Tokelauan

Glottolog

Hammarström et al. do not view the Samoic–Outlier languages as a valid phylogenetic clade. As such, the languages classified as Samoic–Outlier languages in Ethnologue are classified in the Glottolog database within Nuclear Polynesian as follows:

Nuclear Polynesian

• Anuta

• East Futuna

East Uvean–Niuafoʻou

• East Uvean

• Niuafoʻou

• Niuatoputapu

Ellicean

Pukapukic

• Pukapuka

Samoan–Tokelauan

• Samoan

• Tokelau

  Tuvalu

Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian

Carolinean Outlier Polynesian

• Kapingamarangi

• Nukuoro

Solomons Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian

Central Northern Outlier Polynesian–East Polynesian

Central Northern Outlier Polynesian

• Luangiua

Takuuic

• Nukumanu

• Nukuria

• Takuu

East Polynesian

• [...]

• Sikaiana

• Rennell–Bellona

• Tikopia

• Vaeakau–Taumako

Vanuatu–Loyalty Outliers

• Emae

Mele–Futuna

• Futuna–Aniwa

• Mele–Fila

• West Uvean

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