St. Matthias languages explained

Saint Matthias
Region:Papua New Guinea
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Meso-Melanesian ?
Fam5:Core Meso-Melanesian
Child1:Mussau-Emira
Child2:Tenis
Glotto:stma1240
Glottorefname:St. Matthias

The St Matthias languages are a pair of Oceanic languages spoken on the St. Matthias Islands.

They are a "residual" group of Oceanic languages.