Malayo-Polynesian
  Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
   Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    Oceanic
     Central-Eastern Oceanic
      Remote Oceanic
       Central Pacific
        East Fijian-Polynesian
         Polynesian
          Nuclear Polynesian

Nuclear Polynesian Languages
Spoken in:	Central Polynesia
Genetic classification:	Austronesian

Nuclear Polynesian refers to those languages comprising the Samoic and the Eastern Polynesian branches of the Polynesian group of Austronesian languages.

The Eastern Polynesian group comprises two major subgroups: Rapa Nui, spoken on Easter Island, and Central Eastern, which is itself comprised of Rapan, and the Marquesic and Tahitic languages.

Nuclear Polynesian is differentiated, among Polynesian languages, by its distinguishing characteristics from the Tongic languages spoken in most of Tonga and in Niue.

Components

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I. Eastern Polynesian

A. Central East Polynesian

1. Rapa

i. Marquesic languages

2. Hawaiian

3. Marquesan

4. Mangerevan

5. Puka-pukan

ii. Tahitic languages

6. Austral

7. Maori

8. Tuamotuan

9. Penrhyn

10. Rarotongan

11. Rakahanga-Manihiki

12. Tahitian

B. Rapa Nui

13. Rapa Nui

II. Samoic

• • East Uvean-Niuafo'ou languages
  • Ellicean languages
  • Futunic languages
  • Pukapuka
  • Samoan
  • Tokelauan

Nuclear Polynesian languages