Proto-Central Pacific language

Proto-Central Pacific (abbreviated as PCP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Central Pacific languages. It belongs to the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian languages.

Proto-Central Pacific
PCP
Reconstruction ofCentral Pacific languages
RegionFiji
Reconstructed
ancestors
Lower-order reconstructions

It was first proposed by George W. Grace in 1959, who also named the subgroup in 1967. It was reconstructed by C.F. Hockett in 1976.

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