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.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific Islander people
ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWithCountry Federated States of Micronesia
Kiribati
surface form: Republic of Kiribati

Nauru
surface form: Republic of Nauru

Palau
surface form: Republic of Palau

Marshall Islands
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chuukese people

Kiribati people
surface form: Gilbertese people

Kosraean people
Micronesians self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marshallese people

Mokilese people
Mortlockese people
Micronesians self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nauruan people

Palauan
surface form: Palauan people

Pingelapese people
Micronesians self-linksurface differs
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

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Faraulep hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
Choiseul Province hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
Ngatpang State hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: Palauan people
Colonia hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: Outer Island Micronesians
Namorik Atoll ethnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: Marshallese people
Belau National Museum servesCommunity Micronesians
this entity surface form: Palauan people
Ujelang Atoll previouslyPopulatedBy Micronesians
this entity surface form: Marshallese people
Ebon Atoll ethnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: Marshallese people
Woleai Atoll ethnicGroup Micronesians
Ngulu Atoll hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
Namorik hasEthnicGroup Micronesians
this entity surface form: Marshallese people
Ujae (islet on Utrik Atoll) ethnicGroup Micronesians
subject surface form: Ujae
this entity surface form: Marshallese people
Marshallese ethnonymFor Micronesians
this entity surface form: Marshallese people
Chuukese language usedBy Micronesians
this entity surface form: Chuukese people
Hall Islands hasIndigenousPeople Micronesians
Losap Atoll ethnicGroup Micronesians
Namoluk Atoll hasEthnicGroup Micronesians