Pohnpeian people

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The Pohnpeian people are the indigenous Micronesian inhabitants of Pohnpei Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, known for their distinct Austronesian language and rich cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pohnpeian people canonical 5
Pohnpeian culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
citizenship Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
colonialHistory Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

German Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
culturalHeritageSiteAssociated Nan Madol ⓘ
customaryLaw Pohnpeian customary law ⓘ
demographicGroupIn Pohnpei State ⓘ
endonymLanguage Pohnpeian language ⓘ
ethnicityOf Pohnpei Island ⓘ
language Pohnpeian language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Micronesian languages ⓘ
majorityPopulationIn Pohnpei Island ⓘ
nativeTo Pohnpei ⓘ
Senate of Pohnpei (island and surrounding islets) ⓘ
oceanicNavigation traditional seafaring knowledge ⓘ
partOf Micronesian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
region Micronesia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Carolinian people ⓘ
Chuukese people ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians

Kosraean people ⓘ
Marshallese people ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians

Yapese people ⓘ
traditionalBeverage kava (local variant) ⓘ
sakau ⓘ
traditionalCraft canoe building ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalDance Pohnpeian dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic chanting ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalSystem chiefdoms ⓘ
paramount chiefs ⓘ
traditionalReligion Pohnpeian indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalStapleFood banana ⓘ
breadfruit ⓘ
taro ⓘ
yam ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageAssociation Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia ⓘ
linked to: Nan Madol
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Nan Madol → associatedWithPeople → Pohnpeian people ⓘ
Bailey Olter → ethnicGroup → Pohnpeian people ⓘ
Pohnpeian language → usedByEthnicGroup → Pohnpeian people ⓘ
Nukuoro people → neighboringPeoples → Pohnpeian people ⓘ
Saudeleur dynasty → culture → Pohnpeian culture ⓘ
linked to: Pohnpeian people
Saudeleur dynasty → ethnicGroup → Pohnpeian people ⓘ