Languages of Oceania

The languages of Oceania are divided into 3 large geographical groups:

• The large Austronesian language family, with such languages as Malay (Indonesian), Tagalog (Filipino), and Polynesian languages such as Māori and Hawaiian
• The variant Aboriginal Australian language families, included the big Pama–Nyungan family
• The variant Papuan language families of New Guinea and other neighbouring islands, included the large Trans–New Guinea family

Contact between the Austronesian and Papuan that resulted on various instances on mixed languages, such as Maisin and various languages. Some colonial languages include Portuguese in East Timor, Russian in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, Japanese in Ogasawara and Palau, and Spanish in Easter Island and Micronesia.