Western Oceanic languages

Western Oceanic
Geographic distribution	Western Pacific
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic
Proto-language	Proto-Western Oceanic
Subdivisions	North New Guinea linkage Meso-Melanesian linkage Papuan Tip linkage
Glottolog	west2818
Western Oceanic

The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by Ross (1988). They make up a majority of the Austronesian languages spoken in New Guinea.