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DescriptionDifferenciation of Proto-Polynesian map -fr.svg
Français : Carte montrant la différenciation progressive (vers l'an 900) du proto-polynésien en deux groupes : polynésien nucléaire et tongique. En bleu, les langues polynésiennes qui en ont résulté. NB : le niuatoputapu a disparu sous l'influence du tongien.
D'après les travaux de Pawley 1966, 1967, Biggs 1978, Clark 1979. Carte inspirée de Kirch et Green 2001, Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia, an essay in Historical Anthropology, p. 59
English: Map showing the differenciation of Proto-Polynesian language in two subgroups (nuclear polynesian and tongic) around 900. In blue, the name of the Polynesian languages that emerged thereof (note that Niuatoputapu language died under tongan pressure).
From the works of Pawley 1966, 1967, Biggs 1978, Clark 1979. Map inspired by Kirch and Green 2001, Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia, an essay in Historical Anthropology, p. 59
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