Polynesians

E49353
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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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Polynesians canonical 43
Polynesian peoples 10
Polynesian 8

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 (75)

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

Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Rapa Nui people → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquesans
Rapa Nui people → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahitians
Tongariro National Park → hasTraditionalOwner → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi
Samoans → ethnicity → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Samoans → relatedGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahitians
South Pacific → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Polynesia → ethnolinguisticGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahitians
Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquesans
Pacific Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages → areSpokenBy → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Polynesian languages → usedBy → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Marquesic languages → areSpokenBy → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquesan people
Guadalcanal Province → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Tahiti → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
French Polynesia → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Cook Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Polynesian outliers → hasCulturalIdentity → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Polynesian outliers → hasEthnolinguisticOrigin → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Polynesians → ethnicGroupingOf → Polynesians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Micronesians → sharesCulturalTraditionsWith → Polynesians ⓘ
Hawaiki → culture → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Hawaiki → relatedConcept → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian migration
Wallis and Futuna → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Tokelau → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Rennell and Bellona → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Pacific Island societies → includes → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian societies
Melanesians → distinctFrom → Polynesians ⓘ
Austronesian peoples → includesSubgroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Pacific Islanders → subgroupIncludes → Polynesians ⓘ
Marquesas Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Temotu Province → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Omoo → hasSubject → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian culture
Anuta → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Gambier Islands culture → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Society Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Tuamotu Archipelago → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Carolinean people → relatedEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Austral Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Niuas → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Moriori → ethnicity → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Duff Islands → culturalInfluence → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Duff Islands → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Niuatoputapu Island → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Rotuma → ethnolinguisticGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Ellice Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Aitutaki → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Mangaia → hasEthnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ
Pukapuka → ethnicGroup → Polynesians ⓘ