Puluwatese people

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The Puluwatese people are an indigenous Micronesian community of skilled seafarers and navigators traditionally inhabiting Puluwat Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pulapese people 1
Puluwatese people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Micronesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
ethnicityOf Puluwat Atoll ⓘ
ethnologueCodeForLanguage puw ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus intangible navigation knowledge ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice open-ocean voyaging ⓘ
outrigger canoe building ⓘ
star-based navigation ⓘ
traditional navigation ⓘ
wayfinding without instruments ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic small population ⓘ
hasNeighboringPeople Chuukese people ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians

Mortlockese people ⓘ
hasSettlementType atoll community ⓘ
hasTraditionalKnowledge ocean swells reading ⓘ
reef and current navigation ⓘ
star compass system ⓘ
indigenousTo Chuuk State ⓘ
Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Puluwat Atoll ⓘ
knownFor expert seafaring ⓘ
non-instrument navigation ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Micronesian languages ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Chuuk State ⓘ
Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
navigationTraditionInfluenced modern Pacific wayfinding revivals ⓘ
partOf Caroline Islands peoples ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
region Western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sharesCulturalAffinityWith Carolinian people ⓘ
Poluwat Atoll communities ⓘ
Satawalese people ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization chiefdom ⓘ
traditionalReligion Micronesian indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence breadfruit cultivation ⓘ
copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
taro cultivation ⓘ
usesLanguage Puluwatese language ⓘ
usesVesselType outrigger canoe ⓘ
sailing canoe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Puluwatese language → spokenBy → Puluwatese people ⓘ
Pulapese language → ethnicity → Pulapese people ⓘ
linked to: Puluwatese people