Maluku peoples

E170214

ethnic group indigenous people

The Maluku peoples are the diverse indigenous ethnic groups of Indonesia’s Maluku (Moluccan) Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, and rich spice-trade heritage.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Moluccan peoples	2
Ternate people	2
Ambonese people	1
Maluku Islanders	1
Maluku peoples canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
colonialHistory	Dutch colonization ⓘ Portuguese colonization ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
culturalPractice	clan-based social organization ⓘ village-level customary law (adat) ⓘ
culturalRegion	Maluku Islands ⓘ surface form: Maluku
diaspora	Netherlands ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Austronesian peoples ⓘ
governedBy	Maluku province ⓘ surface form: Province of Maluku North Maluku Province ⓘ surface form: Province of North Maluku
historicalRole	participants in Indian Ocean trade ⓘ producers of cloves ⓘ producers of nutmeg ⓘ
knownFor	clove cultivation ⓘ nutmeg cultivation ⓘ seafaring traditions ⓘ spice trade heritage ⓘ
languageFamily	Central Maluku languages ⓘ North Halmahera languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Maluku Islands ⓘ Maluku Islands ⓘ surface form: Moluccan Islands
maritimeCulture	inter-island navigation ⓘ outrigger canoes ⓘ
partOf	eastern Indonesia ⓘ surface form: Eastern Indonesia
region	Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo	Papuan peoples ⓘ other Austronesian peoples ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ indigenous beliefs ⓘ
speak	Austronesian languages ⓘ
subgroup	Maluku peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ambonese people Aru people ⓘ Banda people ⓘ Buru people ⓘ Kei people ⓘ Seram people ⓘ Maluku peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ternate people Tidore people ⓘ
traditionalDance	cakalele ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	fishing ⓘ sago cultivation ⓘ spice trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing	stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic	tifa drum music ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maluku Islands → ethnicGroups → Maluku peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ternate people

indigenous peoples of the Dutch East Indies → hasEthnicGroup → Maluku peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moluccan peoples

Central Indonesia → hasEthnicGroup → Maluku peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moluccan peoples

Maluku peoples → subgroup → Maluku peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambonese people

Maluku peoples → subgroup → Maluku peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ternate people

Aru Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Maluku peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maluku Islanders