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Native languages of Oceania fall into three major geographic groups:
The large Austronesian language family, with such languages as Malay (Indonesian), Tagalog (Filipino), and Polynesian languages such as Māori and Hawaiian
The various Aboriginal Australian language families, including the large Pama–Nyungan family
The various Papuan language families of New Guinea and neighbouring islands, including the large Trans–New Guinea family
Contact between Austronesian and Papuan resulted in several instances in mixed languages such as Maisin.
Non-indigenous languages include:
English in Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, and other territories
French in French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna
Hindi in Fiji
Japanese in Palau
Spanish in Easter Island, Micronesia and Guam
There are also creoles formed from the interaction of Malay or the colonial languages with indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin, Bislama, Pijin, various Malay trade and creole languages, Samoan Plantation Pidgin, Hawaiian Pidgin, Norfuk, Pitkern, and Unserdeutsch
Finally, immigrants brought their own languages, such as Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, Greek and others in Australia, or Fiji Hindi in Fiji.
