Austronesian peoples
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Austronesian peoples are a widespread ethnolinguistic group originating from Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia whose seafaring descendants settled across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Madagascar.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austronesian peoples canonical | 40 |
| Malayo-Polynesian peoples | 3 |
| Austronesian cultures | 1 |
| Austronesian world | 1 |
| Austronesian-speaking peoples | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural-linguistic group
ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Austronesian expansion
ⓘ
Lapita culture ⓘ double-hulled canoes ⓘ outrigger canoes ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
coconut and banana cultivation ⓘ complex maritime trade networks ⓘ rice agriculture in some regions ⓘ taro and yam cultivation ⓘ |
| demographicSignificance | one of the world’s largest language-family-based populations ⓘ |
| estimatedInitialExpansionDate | around 3000–1500 BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicClassification |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| geneticInfluenceRegion |
Malay Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Island Southeast Asia
Madagascar ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| includesSubgroup |
Filipino ethnolinguistic groups
ⓘ
Formosan indigenous peoples ⓘ Indonesian Austronesian groups ⓘ Malagasy people ⓘ Malay peoples ⓘ Micronesians ⓘ Polynesians ⓘ many coastal Melanesian groups ⓘ |
| knownFor |
long-distance oceanic navigation
ⓘ
maritime expansion ⓘ seafaring ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| laterReligiousInfluences |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| migratoryExpansionRegion |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| originRegion | Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| primaryAncestralHomeland |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| religiousTraditions | indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ |
| secondaryAncestralHomeland |
Malay Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Island Southeast Asia
|
| settledRegion |
Malay Archipelago
ⓘ
surface form:
Island Southeast Asia
Madagascar ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ coastal New Guinea regions ⓘ parts of Melanesia ⓘ parts of coastal East Africa ⓘ parts of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| timeOfMajorExpansion |
Holocene
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocene epoch
Stone Age ⓘ
surface form:
Neolithic period
|
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian peoples
this entity surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian peoples
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration
→
ethnicGroup
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Austronesian peoples
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this entity surface form:
Austronesian cultures
this entity surface form:
Austronesian world
this entity surface form:
Austronesian-speaking peoples
this entity surface form:
Malayo-Polynesian peoples