St._Matthias_languages Knowpia

Saint Matthias
Saint Matthias
Geographic; distribution	Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Meso-Melanesian ? Core Meso-Melanesian Saint Matthias; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Mussau-Emira; Tenis;
Glottolog	stma1240

The St Matthias languages are a pair of Oceanic languages spoken on the St. Matthias Islands.

They are a "residual" group of Oceanic languages.

Summary

Saint Matthias
Geographic distribution	Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Meso-Melanesian ? Core Meso-Melanesian Saint Matthias
Subdivisions	Mussau-Emira Tenis
Glottolog	`stma1240`