Languages
- Bugotu–Gela–Guadalcanal
- Bughotu (Bugotu)
- Gela–Guadalcanal
- Gelic: Lengo, Gela
- West Guadalcanal, South Guadalcanal: Birao, Ghari, Malango, Talise
- Longgu–Malaita–Makira
- Longgu
- Malaita–Makira
- Sa'a
- Makira (San Cristobal): Arosi, Bauro, Fagani, Kahua–Owa
- Malaita
- Southern Malaita: 'Are'are, Marau, Oroha, ?Dori'o
- Central Malaita, Northern Malaita: Baelelea, Baeggu, Fataleka, Gula'alaa, Kwaio, Kwara'ae, Wala, Lau, To'abaita
The unity of the family and its two primary branches are fully supported by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.
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