Carolinean people

E150107

The Carolinean people are an indigenous Micronesian ethnic group from the Caroline Islands, known for their seafaring traditions, distinct Austronesian culture, and use of Carolinean languages.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
culturalArea Island Southeast Asia and Oceania ⓘ
culture Austronesian culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Caroline Islands ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial dances ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ
matrilineal kinship in some communities ⓘ
storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional navigation by stars and swells ⓘ
knownFor navigation skills ⓘ
outrigger canoe building ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
partOf Austronesian peoples ⓘ
presentIn Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
region North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chamorro people ⓘ
Gilbertese people ⓘ
linked to: Kiribati people

Marshallese people ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians

Polynesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Polynesians
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sharesLinguisticHeritageWith Malayo-Polynesian peoples ⓘ
subgroupIncludes Refaluwasch (Carolinian people of the Northern Marianas) ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians
traditionalEconomy copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
taro cultivation ⓘ
traditionalRegion Eastern Caroline Islands ⓘ
Western Caroline Islands ⓘ
linked to: Caroline Islands
traditionalReligion indigenous Micronesian religion ⓘ
usesLanguage Carolinean languages ⓘ
Carolinian language ⓘ
linked to: Carolinian

Chuukese language ⓘ
Kosraean language ⓘ
Pohnpeian language ⓘ
Sonsorolese language ⓘ
Ulithian language ⓘ
linked to: Ulithian

Woleaian language ⓘ
usesVesselType outrigger canoe ⓘ
proa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Carolinean languages → usedBy → Carolinean people ⓘ
Carolinean languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Carolinean Islanders ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people
Micronesians → hasSubgroup → Carolinian people ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people
Yapese people → relatedEthnicGroup → Carolinian people ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people
Saipan Carolinian → ethnicGroup → Carolinian people ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people
Refaluwasch language → spokenBy → Carolinian people ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people
Refalawasch → endonymFor → Carolinian people (Northern Mariana Islands) ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people
Refaluwasch → ethnonymFor → Carolinian people of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
linked to: Carolinean people