Micronesians

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Micronesians are the indigenous peoples of the Micronesia region in the western Pacific Ocean, comprising numerous distinct islander groups with shared cultural and linguistic traditions.


Statements (57)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific Islander people
ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWithCountry Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
Kiribati
surface form: "Republic of Kiribati"

Nauru
surface form: "Republic of Nauru"

Republic of Palau NERFINISHED
Republic of the Marshall Islands NERFINISHED
associatedWithTerritory Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
colonizedBy Germany
Japan
Spain
United States of America
surface form: "United States"
hasCulturalPractice clan-based social organization
extended family networks
outrigger canoe building
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
Micronesian languages
hasSubgroup Carolinean people
surface form: "Carolinian people"

Chamorro people
Micronesians
surface form: "Chuukese people"

Kiribati people
surface form: "Gilbertese people"

Kosraean people
Micronesians
surface form: "Marshallese people"

Mokilese people
Mortlockese people
Micronesians
surface form: "Nauruan people"

Palauan
surface form: "Palauan people"

Pingelapese people
Micronesians
surface form: "Pohnpeian people"

Satawalese people
Ulithian
surface form: "Ulithian people"

Woleaian people
Yapese people
locatedIn Micronesia
western Pacific Ocean
partOf Oceania
religion Christianity
indigenous belief systems
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith Melanesians
Polynesians
traditionalNavigation stick charts
use of ocean swells
wayfinding using stars
traditionalSubsistence breadfruit cultivation
fishing
taro cultivation
usesLanguage Chamorro
surface form: "Chamorro language"

Chuukese language
Gilbertese language
Kosraean language
Marshallese language
Nauruan
surface form: "Nauruan language"

Palauan
surface form: "Palauan language"

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
surface form: "Pohnpeian language"

Yapese
surface form: "Yapese language"

Referenced by (35)

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

this entity surface form: "Micronesian peoples"
this entity surface form: "Palauan people"
Melanesians distinctFrom Micronesians
Ailinglaplap Atoll ethnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Caroline Islands ethnicGroup Micronesians
subject surface form: "Pohnpei"
this entity surface form: "Pohnpeian people"
Yap State ethnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Outer Islands Micronesians"
Palauan ethnicity Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Palauans"
Ratak Chain hasCulturalGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
this entity surface form: "Micronesian peoples"
Guadalcanal Province hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
Likiep Atoll hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Micronesian peoples"
Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Palauan people"
Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Nauruan people"
Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Chuukese people"
Micronesia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Pohnpeian people"
Namu Atoll hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Pacific Islands hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
Ralik Chain hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Oceania hasMajorEthnicGroup Micronesians
Micronesians hasSubgroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Chuukese people"
Micronesians hasSubgroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Pohnpeian people"
Micronesians hasSubgroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Micronesians hasSubgroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Nauruan people"
Ujae Atoll inhabitedBy Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Marshallese people"
Kosraean people relatedEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Pohnpeian people"
Kosraean people relatedEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Chuukese people"
Yapese people relatedEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Chuukese people"
Kiribati people subgroupOf Micronesians
Kosraean people subgroupOf Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Micronesian peoples"
Carolinean languages usedBy Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Micronesian peoples"
Nauruan usedByEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: "Nauruan people"

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