Claim: The Pingelapese language has similar reflexes as other Proto Oceanic languages such as Proto Chuukic-Pohnpeic, and Proto-Pohnpeic (which in itself, is a subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic language.)
Evidence: Mokilese reflexes of Proto Oceanic consonants Proto-Oceanic (abbr. POc) is a proto-language that historical linguists since Otto Dempwolff have reconstructed as the hypothetical common ancestor of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian language family. Pohnpeic, also rendered Ponapeic, is a subgroup of the Chuukic–Pohnpeic branch of Micronesian in the Austronesian language family. *p *p *p *pÊ· *pÊ· *pÊ· *m *m *m *mÊ· *mÊ· *mÊ· *k *k *k *∅,r *∅,r *∅,r