Zenadh Kes people

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The Zenadh Kes people are the Indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands, with distinct Melanesian cultures, languages, and seafaring traditions located between northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zenadh Kes Islanders 1
Zenadh Kes people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Melanesian people ⓘ
Torres Strait Islander people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Torres Strait Islander people ⓘ
associatedWithSea Arafura Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Melanesian ⓘ
governedWithin Torres Shire Council ⓘ
Torres Strait Island Regional Council ⓘ
hasCulturalFestival Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Central Islands ⓘ
Eastern Islands ⓘ
Inner Islands ⓘ
Near Western Islands ⓘ
Top Western Islands ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition canoe building ⓘ
ceremonial dance ⓘ
elaborate headdress making ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
shell ornamentation ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
hasLanguage Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Kalaw Kawaw Ya ⓘ
linked to: Kalaw Lagaw Ya

Kawrareg ⓘ
Meriam Mir ⓘ
Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Eastern Trans-Fly languages ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
hasSocialStructure clan-based organisation ⓘ
extended family networks ⓘ
hasTotemicSystem clan totems ⓘ
indigenousTo Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait) region ⓘ
linked to: Torres Strait
locatedBetween Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
partOf State of Queensland ⓘ
linked to: Queensland
politicalRecognition Indigenous Australians ⓘ
distinct from Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
practicesReligion Christianity ⓘ
selfDesignation Zenadh Kes ⓘ
Zenadh Kes Islanders ⓘ
linked to: Zenadh Kes people

Zenadth Kes ⓘ
linked to: Zenadh Kes
traditionalEconomy dugong hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gardening ⓘ
pearling ⓘ
turtle hunting ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestral spirit beliefs ⓘ
totemism ⓘ
usesLinguaFranca Torres Strait Creole ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Torres Strait Islanders → selfDesignation → Zenadh Kes people ⓘ
Zenadh Kes people → selfDesignation → Zenadh Kes Islanders ⓘ
linked to: Zenadh Kes people