The Central Vanuatu languages form a linkage of Southern Oceanic languages spoken in central Vanuatu.
Clark (2009) provides the following classification of the Central Vanuatu languages, divided into geographic areas.
[1] Outlier (aberrant) languages identified by Clark (2009) are in italics.
Clark's Central Vanuatu branch is wider in scope,[clarification needed] including not only the Shepherd–Efate languages, but also the Malakula and Ambrym–Paama–Epi languages.
Additionally, the extinct Sowa language was formerly spoken in central Vanuatu.