This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? Excessive Violence Sexual Content Political / Social
Email Address:
Article Id: WHEBN0036300979 Reproduction Date:
Native languages of Oceania fall into three major geographic groups:
Contact between Austronesian and Papuan resulted in several instances in mixed languages such as Maisin.
Colonial languages include English in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and many other territories; French in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Portuguese in East Timor, Japanese in the Bonin Islands, Spanish on Easter Island.
There are also Creoles formed from the interaction of Malay or the colonial languages with indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin, Bislama, Chavacano, various Malay trade and creole languages, Hawaiian Pidgin, Norfuk, and Pitkern.
Finally, immigrants brought their own languages, such as Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, Greek and others in Australia,[1] or Fiji Hindi in Fiji.
Oghuz languages, Turkish language, Altaic languages, Uyghur language, Azerbaijani language
United Kingdom, New Zealand, New South Wales, Canada, Queensland
United Kingdom, Australia, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Canada
Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, Oahu, United States
French language, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Catalan language
Kava, Realm of New Zealand, United Kingdom, Christianity, Fiji
Manx language, United Kingdom, Scotland, England, Tynwald
Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago
United States, Guam, Kava, Realm of New Zealand, Koror