Austronesian cultural sphere

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cultural region maritime cultural sphere

The Austronesian cultural sphere is a broad maritime-based cultural and linguistic region spanning Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific, characterized by related Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, and shared ancestral cultural practices.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Austronesian cultural sphere canonical 2
Acehnese cultural sphere 1
Austronesian culture area 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
maritime cultural sphere ⓘ
associatedWithLanguageFamily Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom Neolithic seafaring societies in Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Austronesian languages ⓘ
maritime orientation ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ
shared ancestral cultural practices ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait ancestor veneration ⓘ
barkcloth production in many regions ⓘ
canoe-building traditions ⓘ
clan-based social organization in many areas ⓘ
coconut-based subsistence ⓘ
complex ritual exchange systems in some regions ⓘ
elaborate oral traditions ⓘ
house-building traditions on stilts ⓘ
long-distance open-ocean navigation ⓘ
outrigger canoe technology ⓘ
rice cultivation in many areas ⓘ
shared boat symbolism in ritual and myth ⓘ
similar kinship terminologies in many societies ⓘ
taro and yam cultivation ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin Austronesian expansion from Taiwan and adjacent regions NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced maritime trade networks in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
maritime trade networks in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
relatedConcept Austronesian expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Austronesian world NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynesian Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
spansRegion Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Comoros (partly) ⓘ
East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Island Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papua New Guinea coastal regions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rapa Nui NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vanuatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastal East Africa (historically) ⓘ
timePeriod Holocene ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Lapita culture → partOf → Austronesian cultural sphere ⓘ
Insulindia → overlapsWith → Austronesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austronesian world
Tanga Islands → culturalRegion → Austronesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austronesian culture area
Mori people → isPartOf → Austronesian cultural sphere ⓘ
Gayo people → partOf → Austronesian cultural sphere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acehnese cultural sphere