Western Malayo-Polynesian was originally proposed by
Robert Blust as a sister branch within Malayo-Polynesian coordinate to the CEMP branch.[1] Because there are no features that define the WMP languages positively as a subgroup, recent classifications have abandoned it.[2][3]
References
^Blust, Robert. 1980. Austronesian Etymologies. Oceanic Linguistics 19, pp. 1-189
^K. Alexander Adelaar & Nikolaus Himmelmann. 2005. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: A historical perspective, pp. 1-42, London, Routledge
ISBN0-7007-1286-0
Western Malayo-Polynesian was originally proposed by
Robert Blust as a sister branch within Malayo-Polynesian coordinate to the CEMP branch.[1] Because there are no features that define the WMP languages positively as a subgroup, recent classifications have abandoned it.[2][3]
References
^Blust, Robert. 1980. Austronesian Etymologies. Oceanic Linguistics 19, pp. 1-189
^K. Alexander Adelaar & Nikolaus Himmelmann. 2005. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: A historical perspective, pp. 1-42, London, Routledge
ISBN0-7007-1286-0