Tokelauans

E256808
Polynesian people ethnic group

Tokelauans are an indigenous Polynesian people native to the three atolls of Tokelau in the South Pacific, known for their seafaring heritage, communal culture, and Tokelauan language.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tokelauan people 2
Tokelauans canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
collectiveDemonym Tokelauan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Tokelau ⓘ
culturalSphere Polynesia ⓘ
culturalValue communal sharing ⓘ
cooperation ⓘ
respect for elders ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
ethnoLanguage Tokelauan ⓘ
surface form: Tokelauan language
governedBy village councils ⓘ
indigenousTo South Pacific ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Polynesian languages ⓘ
majorDenomination United Church of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Congregational Christian Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
nativeTo Atafu atoll ⓘ
Fakaofo atoll ⓘ
Nukunonu atoll ⓘ
oceanicRegion Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
populationConcentratedIn Tokelau ⓘ
surface form: Tokelau atolls
primaryLanguage Tokelauan ⓘ
region South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Cook Islanders ⓘ
Niueans ⓘ
Samoans ⓘ
Tuvaluan people ⓘ
surface form: Tuvaluans
religion Christianity ⓘ
secondaryLanguage English ⓘ
socialStructure communal ⓘ
extended family based ⓘ
traditionalDance Polynesian dance ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalMaterialCulture canoes ⓘ
woven mats ⓘ
traditionalMusic group singing ⓘ
traditionalSkill canoe building ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence breadfruit cultivation ⓘ
coconut cultivation ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
taro cultivation ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Polynesians → hasSubgroup → Tokelauans ⓘ
Tokelau → hasEthnicGroup → Tokelauans ⓘ
Tuvaluan people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tokelauans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokelauan people
Nukunonu → hasEthnicGroup → Tokelauans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokelauan people