It belongs to the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian languages.
It was first proposed by George W. Grace in 1959,[1] who also named the subgroup in 1967.
Later, the dialects that remained in Fiji converged back, eventually becoming more similar, leading to the present-day Fijian language.
[4] The phonology of Proto-Central Pacific, according to Geraghty (1986),[5] are: The orthography used is similar to that of Fijian.
From Kikusawa (2000, 167)[6] *Na=ᵑguPST=1SG.GENtirovi=asee=3SGiPRSaku1SG(ʔiLOCnaDETvale).house*Na=ᵑgu tirovi=a i aku (ʔi na vale).PST=1SG.GEN see=3SG PRS 1SG LOC DET house'I saw him (in the house).'