Polynesians

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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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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

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Southern Cook Islands ethnicGroup Polynesians
Polynesian Triangle culturalCoreOf Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian people
Nuguria hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Luangiua ethnicGroup Polynesians
Luangiua hasCulturalAffiliation Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian culture
Lapita culture ancestralTo Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Manihiki ethnicGroup Polynesians
Takuu ethnicGroup Polynesians
Samoan New Zealanders partOf Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesians in New Zealand
Ontong Java Atoll ethnicGroup Polynesians
Avaiki associatedWithPeople Polynesians
Tahitians partOf Polynesians
Futuna Island ethnicGroup Polynesians
Alofi ethnicContext Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Nukunonu hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Atafu ethnicGroup Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Tarita Teriipaia ethnicGroup Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian people
Māori people partOf Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples
Bellona Island hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Tala ethnicity Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian
Bellonese relatedEthnicGroup Polynesians
Hina veneratedBy Polynesians
this entity surface form: Polynesian peoples