Polynesians

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Pacific Islander people ethnic group indigenous people

Polynesians are an indigenous Pacific Islander people known for their shared Austronesian languages, rich seafaring traditions, and widespread settlement across islands such as Samoa, Tonga, Hawaiʻi, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Polynesian peoples	6
Tahitians	3
Marquesans	2
Polynesian	2
Marquesan people	1
Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi	1
Polynesian migration	1
Polynesian societies	1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pacific Islander people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
ethnicGroupingOf	Polynesians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polynesian peoples
hasAncestralHomeland	Samoa Islands archipelago ⓘ surface form: Samoa region Tonga ⓘ surface form: Tonga region Polynesia ⓘ surface form: Western Polynesia
hasArtForm	body tattoo art ⓘ canoe carving ⓘ tapa cloth making ⓘ wood carving ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait	ancestor veneration ⓘ chiefly hierarchies ⓘ communal land tenure ⓘ double-hulled voyaging canoes ⓘ elaborate dance traditions ⓘ extended kinship systems ⓘ kava ceremonies ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ outrigger canoe building ⓘ polyphonic choral music ⓘ seafaring traditions ⓘ tattooing ⓘ wayfinding navigation ⓘ
hasDemographicTrend	large diaspora communities ⓘ
hasDiaspora	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasLanguage	Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ Futunan language ⓘ Hawaiian language ⓘ Te Reo Māori ⓘ surface form: Māori language Niuean language ⓘ Rapa Nui language ⓘ Samoan language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tokelauan ⓘ surface form: Tokelauan language Tongan language ⓘ Tuvaluan language ⓘ Wallisian language ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasLanguageSubfamily	Polynesian languages ⓘ
hasMajorPopulationIn	American Samoa ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Aotearoa New Zealand Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Chile ⓘ Cook Islands ⓘ Easter Island ⓘ Fiji ⓘ French Polynesia ⓘ Hawaiian Islands ⓘ surface form: Hawaiʻi New Caledonia ⓘ Niue ⓘ Norfolk Island ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ Samoa ⓘ Tokelau ⓘ Tonga ⓘ Tuvalu ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
hasOriginTheory	Lapita culture ⓘ surface form: Lapita culture expansion
hasRegion	Polynesia ⓘ central Pacific Ocean ⓘ eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasSocialStructure	chiefdoms ⓘ clan-based organization ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ surface form: Cook Islands Māori Futunans ⓘ Māori ⓘ Native Hawaiians ⓘ Niuafoʻou people ⓘ Niueans ⓘ Pitcairn Islander ⓘ surface form: Pitcairn Islanders Rapa Nui people ⓘ Samoans ⓘ Tahitians ⓘ Tokelauans ⓘ Tongans ⓘ Tuvaluan people ⓘ surface form: Tuvaluans Uveans ⓘ Wallisians ⓘ
hasSymbolicConcept	mana ⓘ tapu ⓘ
knownFor	long-distance ocean voyaging ⓘ non-instrument navigation ⓘ settlement of remote Pacific islands ⓘ star compass navigation ⓘ
modernReligion	Christianity ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian peoples ⓘ
subgroupOf	Austronesian peoples ⓘ surface form: Malayo-Polynesian peoples
traditionalReligion	Polynesian mythology ⓘ polytheism ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Malayo-Polynesian languages → areSpokenBy → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples

Marquesic languages → areSpokenBy → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marquesan people

Hawaiki → culture → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples

Melanesians → distinctFrom → Polynesians ⓘ

Cook Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

French Polynesia → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Rennell and Bellona → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Tahiti → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Wallis and Futuna → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Polynesians → ethnicGroupingOf → Polynesians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples

Samoans → ethnicity → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian

Polynesia → ethnolinguisticGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Polynesian outliers → hasCulturalIdentity → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian

South Pacific → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples

Guadalcanal Province → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Pacific Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Tokelau → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Polynesian outliers → hasEthnolinguisticOrigin → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples

Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

Tongariro National Park → hasTraditionalOwner → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi

Pacific Island societies → includes → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian societies

Hawaiki → relatedConcept → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian migration

Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tahitians

Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marquesans

Rapa Nui people → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marquesans

Rapa Nui people → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tahitians

Samoans → relatedGroup → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tahitians

Micronesians → sharesCulturalTraditionsWith → Polynesians ⓘ

Polynesian languages → usedBy → Polynesians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples