Austronesian peoples

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Austronesian peoples are a widespread ethnolinguistic group originating from Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia whose seafaring descendants settled across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Madagascar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural-linguistic group ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
associatedWith Austronesian expansion ⓘ
Lapita culture ⓘ
double-hulled canoes ⓘ
outrigger canoes ⓘ
culturalTrait ancestor veneration ⓘ
coconut and banana cultivation ⓘ
complex maritime trade networks ⓘ
rice agriculture in some regions ⓘ
taro and yam cultivation ⓘ
demographicSignificance one of the world’s largest language-family-based populations ⓘ
estimatedInitialExpansionDate around 3000–1500 BCE ⓘ
ethnicClassification Austronesian ⓘ
geneticInfluenceRegion Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Malay Archipelago

Madagascar ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
includesSubgroup Filipino ethnolinguistic groups ⓘ
Formosan indigenous peoples ⓘ
Indonesian Austronesian groups ⓘ
Malagasy people ⓘ
Malay peoples ⓘ
Micronesians ⓘ
Polynesians ⓘ
many coastal Melanesian groups ⓘ
knownFor long-distance oceanic navigation ⓘ
maritime expansion ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
laterReligiousInfluences Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
migratoryExpansionRegion Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
originRegion Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
primaryAncestralHomeland Taiwan ⓘ
religiousTraditions indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
secondaryAncestralHomeland Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Malay Archipelago
settledRegion Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Malay Archipelago

Madagascar ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
coastal New Guinea regions ⓘ
parts of Melanesia ⓘ
parts of coastal East Africa ⓘ
parts of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
timeOfMajorExpansion Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene

Neolithic period ⓘ
linked to: Stone Age

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Native Hawaiians → hasAncestry → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Batak → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Dayak peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Malayo-Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian peoples
Malayo-Polynesian languages → areSpokenBy → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Malay world → inhabitedBy → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Baduy → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Polynesians → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Polynesians → subgroupOf → Malayo-Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian peoples
Kosraean people → subgroupOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Oceanic art → hasLanguageContext → Austronesian cultures ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian peoples
Helong → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Javanese people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Balinese people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Carolinean people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Alam Melayu → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Orchid Island → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Yami people → culturalRegion → Austronesian world ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian peoples
Yami people → partOf → Austronesian-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian peoples
Papuan peoples → relatedConcept → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Papuan peoples → notIdenticalTo → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Mongondow people → subgroupOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Timorese people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Ende people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Maluku peoples → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Territory of New Guinea → ethnicGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Lio people → isPartOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Mambai people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Trobriand Islands → populationGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Bruneian Malay → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Tahitians → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Mokilese people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Dusun → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Mandar people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Māori people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Nakanai people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Mandar → ethnicallyPartOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Baegu people → ethnicity → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Bicolano → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Cham people → subgroupOf → Malayo-Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Austronesian peoples
Kaili people → ethnicity → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Pamona people → subgroupOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Tolitoli people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Mori people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Tolaki people → isPartOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Balantak people → isPartOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Lauje people → partOf → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Banggai people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Komering people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Muna people → ethnicity → Austronesian peoples ⓘ