Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions--I

Abstract

Part 1 presents some 980 reconstructions for Proto-Micronesian, Proto Central Micronesian, and Proto Western Micronesian. Part 2 (to appear in volume 42 [2]) gives reconstructions for two additional subgroups within Proto-Micronesian: Proto-Pohnpeic and Proto-Chuukic, and their immediate ancestor, Proto Pohnpeic-Chuukic. A handful of putative loans are also identified, and a single English 2nder list is provided for all of the reconstructions.