Polynesians

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Polynesians are an indigenous Pacific Islander people known for their shared Austronesian languages, rich seafaring traditions, and widespread settlement across islands such as Samoa, Tonga, Hawaiʻi, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific Islander people
ethnic group
indigenous people
ethnicGroupingOf Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
hasAncestralHomeland Samoa region
Tonga region
linked to: Tonga

Western Polynesia
linked to: Polynesia
hasArtForm body tattoo art
canoe carving
tapa cloth making
wood carving
hasCulturalTrait ancestor veneration
chiefly hierarchies
communal land tenure
double-hulled voyaging canoes
elaborate dance traditions
extended kinship systems
kava ceremonies
oral traditions
outrigger canoe building
polyphonic choral music
seafaring traditions
tattooing
wayfinding navigation
hasDemographicTrend large diaspora communities
hasDiaspora Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
hasLanguage Cook Islands Māori language
Futunan language
Hawaiian language
Māori language
linked to: Te Reo Māori

Niuean language
Rapa Nui language
Samoan language
Tahitian language
Tokelauan language
linked to: Tokelauan

Tongan language
Tuvaluan language
Wallisian language
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasLanguageSubfamily Polynesian languages
hasMajorPopulationIn American Samoa
Aotearoa New Zealand
linked to: New Zealand

Australia
Canada
Chile
Cook Islands
Easter Island
Fiji
French Polynesia
Hawaiʻi
linked to: Hawaiian Islands

New Caledonia
Niue
Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands
Samoa
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
United States
Wallis and Futuna
hasOriginTheory Lapita culture expansion
linked to: Lapita culture
hasRegion Polynesia
central Pacific Ocean
eastern Pacific Ocean
hasSocialStructure chiefdoms
clan-based organization
hasSubgroup Cook Islands Māori
Futunans
Māori
Native Hawaiians
Niuafoʻou people
Niueans
Pitcairn Islanders
linked to: Pitcairn Islander

Rapa Nui people
Samoans
Tahitians
Tokelauans
Tongans
Tuvaluans
linked to: Tuvaluan people

Uveans
Wallisians
hasSymbolicConcept mana
tapu
knownFor long-distance ocean voyaging
non-instrument navigation
settlement of remote Pacific islands
star compass navigation
modernReligion Christianity
partOf Austronesian peoples
subgroupOf Malayo-Polynesian peoples
traditionalReligion Polynesian mythology
polytheism

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Oceania hasMajorEthnicGroup Polynesians
Rapa Nui people relatedEthnicGroup Marquesans
linked to: Polynesians
Rapa Nui people relatedEthnicGroup Tahitians
linked to: Polynesians
Tongariro National Park hasTraditionalOwner Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi
linked to: Polynesians
Samoans ethnicity Polynesian
linked to: Polynesians
Samoans relatedGroup Tahitians
linked to: Polynesians
South Pacific hasCulturalSignificanceFor Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesia ethnolinguisticGroup Polynesians
Native Hawaiians relatedEthnicGroup Tahitians
linked to: Polynesians
Native Hawaiians relatedEthnicGroup Marquesans
linked to: Polynesians
Pacific Islands hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Malayo-Polynesian languages areSpokenBy Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesian languages usedBy Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Marquesic languages areSpokenBy Marquesan people
linked to: Polynesians
Tahiti ethnicGroup Polynesians
French Polynesia ethnicGroup Polynesians
Cook Islands ethnicGroup Polynesians
Polynesian outliers hasCulturalIdentity Polynesian
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesian outliers hasEthnolinguisticOrigin Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Polynesians ethnicGroupingOf Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Hawaiki culture Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Hawaiki relatedConcept Polynesian migration
linked to: Polynesians
Wallis and Futuna ethnicGroup Polynesians
Tokelau hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Rennell and Bellona ethnicGroup Polynesians
Pacific Island societies includes Polynesian societies
linked to: Polynesians
Melanesians distinctFrom Polynesians
Pacific Islanders subgroupIncludes Polynesians
Marquesas Islands ethnicGroup Polynesians
Temotu Province hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Omoo hasSubject Polynesian culture
linked to: Polynesians
Anuta ethnicGroup Polynesians
Society Islands ethnicGroup Polynesians
Tuamotu Archipelago ethnicGroup Polynesians
Carolinean people relatedEthnicGroup Polynesian peoples
linked to: Polynesians
Austral Islands ethnicGroup Polynesians
Niuas hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Moriori ethnicity Polynesian
linked to: Polynesians
Duff Islands culturalInfluence Polynesian
linked to: Polynesians
Duff Islands ethnicGroup Polynesians
Niuatoputapu Island ethnicGroup Polynesians
Rotuma ethnolinguisticGroup Polynesian
linked to: Polynesians
Ellice Islands hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Aitutaki ethnicGroup Polynesians
Mangaia hasEthnicGroup Polynesians
Pukapuka ethnicGroup Polynesians