Manus people

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The Manus people are an indigenous Melanesian ethnic group of Papua New Guinea, traditionally inhabiting the islands of Manus Province and known for their distinctive seafaring culture and social organization.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Manus people canonical 4

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Melanesian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
countryOfficialLanguage English
Hiri Motu
Tok Pisin
ethnographicStudy Growing Up in New Guinea
New Lives for Old
The People of the Middle Ground
languageFamily Admiralty Islands languages
Austronesian languages
locatedIn Manus Province
notableCulturalTrait complex exchange networks
lagoon-dwelling communities
ritualized feasting
partOf population of Manus Province
region Melanesia
religion Christianity
socialOrganization clan-based system
matrilineal descent elements
studiedBy Margaret Mead
Reo Fortune
traditionalBeliefSystem ancestor veneration
traditionalEconomy canoe building
fishing
sago processing
seafaring
taro cultivation
traditionalHousing stilt houses over lagoon
traditionalLanguage Andra-Hus language
Baluan-Pam language
Bipi language
Yeretuar language
surface form: Ere language

Lemerig language
surface form: Hermit language

Kele language (Papua New Guinea)
Koro language (Papua New Guinea)
surface form: Koro language (Manus Province)

Leipon language
Lele language
Likum language
Loniu language
Loniu language
surface form: Lou language

Mokerang language
Mondropolon language
Mondropolon language
surface form: Mundropolon language

Nali language
Nyindrou language
Pak Island language
Papitalai language
Pere language
Seimat language
Sori-Harengan language
Titan language
Wuvulu-Aua language
traditionalTerritory Admiralty Islands
Manus Island

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

Admiralty Islands populationGroup Manus people
Growing Up in New Guinea subject Manus people
Manus Province hasEthnicGroup Manus people
Baluan Island hasEthnicGroup Manus people