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====Smith (2017)==== <!--target of redirect [[Western Indonesian languages]]--> Based on a proposal initially brought forward by Blust (2010) as an extension of the Greater North Borneo hypothesis,<ref name=Blust2010/> Smith (2017) unites several Malayo-Polynesian subgroups in a "Western Indonesian" group, thus greatly reducing the number of primary branches of Malayo-Polynesian:<ref name=SmithWMP/> {{tree list}} *Malayo-Polynesian **Western Indonesian ***[[Greater North Borneo languages|Greater North Borneo]] ****North Borneo *****[[Sabahan languages|Northeast Sabah]] *****[[Sabahan languages|Southwest Sabah]] *****[[North Sarawakan languages|North Sarawak]] ****[[Melanau–Kajang languages|Central Sarawak]] ****[[Kayan–Murik languages|Kayanic]] ****[[Land Dayak languages|Land Dayak]] ****[[Malayic languages|Malayic]] ****[[Chamic languages|Chamic]] ****[[Sundanese language|Sundanese]] ****[[Rejang language|Rejang]] ***Greater Barito ([[linkage (linguistics)|linkage]]) ****[[Sama–Bajaw languages|Sama–Bajaw]] ****[[Barito languages|Greater Barito]] ([[paraphyletic]] [[linkage (linguistics)|linkage]]<ref>Smith, Alexander D. 2018. [http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52418 The Barito Linkage Hypothesis, with a Note on the Position of Basap]. JSEALS Volume 11.1 (2018).</ref>) ***[[Lampung language|Lampung]] ***[[Javanese language|Javanese]] ***[[Madurese language|Madurese]] ***[[Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages|Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa]] **Sumatran (an extended version of [[Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages|Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands]] that also comprises [[Nasal language|Nasal]]; the question of internal subgrouping is left open by Smith) **[[Celebic languages|Celebic]] **[[South Sulawesi languages|South Sulawesi]] **[[Palauan language|Palauan]] **[[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] **[[Moklenic languages|Moklenic]] **[[Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages|Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian]] **[[Philippine languages|Philippine]] ([[linkage (linguistics)|linkage]]) (according to Smith, "not a subgroup as much as a [[linkage (linguistics)|loosely related group]] of languages that may contain multiple primary branches") {{tree list/end}}
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