Claim: The Pingelapese language has similar reflexes as other Proto Oceanic languages such as Proto Chuukic-Pohnpeic, and Proto-Pohnpeic.
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. *mp *p *p *p Austronesian Proto-Oceanic is a descendant of the Proto-Austronesian language (PAN), the common ancestor of the Austronesian languages. 
*m *m *m *m Mokilese reflexes of Proto Oceanic consonants Austronesian Proto-Oceanic is a descendant of the Proto-Austronesian language (PAN), the common ancestor of the Austronesian languages.