West Futunan people

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The West Futunan people are an indigenous Polynesian ethnic group from the western part of Futuna Island in the South Pacific, with their own distinct cultural traditions and language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
citizenshipOf France NERFINISHED
colonialHistoryWith France NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
culturalRegion Western Futuna NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf western Futuna Island
ethnonym West Futunans NERFINISHED
hasArtForm Polynesian dance
Polynesian music
bark cloth making
tattooing
weaving
hasClimateInHomeland tropical rainforest climate
hasCulturalPractice chiefly leadership structures
extended family kinship system
kava drinking ceremonies
hasIndigenousStatusIn Futuna Island NERFINISHED
hasLanguage West Futunan language NERFINISHED
hasOralTradition Polynesian myths and legends
hasReligion Christianity
Roman Catholicism
hasStapleFood breadfruit
coconut
taro
yam
hasTraditionalEconomy fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasTraditionalHousing Polynesian-style houses
hasTraditionalSocialUnit clan
extended family (aiga-type structures)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Polynesian languages
locatedIn Futuna Island NERFINISHED
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
Wallis and Futuna NERFINISHED
partOf Polynesia NERFINISHED
population of Futuna Island
relatedEthnicGroup East Futunan people NERFINISHED
Samoan people NERFINISHED
Tongan people
Wallisian people NERFINISHED
seaArea South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
traditionalNavigation Polynesian wayfinding
traditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous religion
usesCurrency CFP franc NERFINISHED
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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West Futunan language usedBy West Futunan people