Nengone people

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The Nengone people are an indigenous Melanesian community of New Caledonia, primarily inhabiting Maré Island and known for their distinct Austronesian language and rich customary traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nengone people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Melanesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedIsland Maré ⓘ
associatedIslandGroup Loyalty Islands Province ⓘ
colonialHistory French colonization of New Caledonia ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalHeritage customary law ⓘ
kinship-based land tenure ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
culturalPractice chant ⓘ
customary ceremonies ⓘ
dance ⓘ
exchange of gifts ⓘ
ritual feasts ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
customaryAuthority chiefs ⓘ
clan leaders ⓘ
demographicContext minority population within New Caledonia ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kanak ⓘ
language Nengone language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Oceanic languages ⓘ
locatedIn New Caledonia ⓘ
missionaryHistory Catholic missions in the 19th century ⓘ
Protestant missions in the 19th century ⓘ
partOf Kanak cultural area ⓘ
politicalStatus Kanak people of New Caledonia ⓘ
linked to: Kanak people
presentReligion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
primarySettlement Maré Island ⓘ
region Loyalty Islands ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Drehu people ⓘ
Iaai people ⓘ
other Kanak groups of New Caledonia ⓘ
traditionalCrop banana ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
taro ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalNavigation canoe use ⓘ
traditionalReligion Melanesian indigenous beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ

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

Nengone language → ethnicGroup → Nengone people ⓘ