Micronesians
Sign in to saveThe Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, which has an Urheimat in Taiwan.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Polynesians, Melanesians, Euronesians, Austronesian peoples
- Ethnic group.group
- Micronesians
- Ethnic group.pop
- 450,000
- Ethnic group.langs
- Micronesian languages, Yapese, Chamorro, Palauan, English
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity (93.1%)
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24 sectionsContents
- Origins
- List of ethnic groups
- Banaban people
- Refaluwasch people
- Chamorro people
- Chuukese people
- Kiribati people
- Kosraean people
- Marshallese people
- Nauruan people
- Palauan people
- Pohnpeian people
- Sonsorolese people
- Tobian people
- Yapese people
- Languages
- Micronesian navigation
- Culture
- Music and dance
- Religion
- Mythology
- Further reading
- See also
- References
The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, which has an Urheimat in Taiwan.
Ethno-linguistic groups classified as Micronesian include the Carolinians (Northern Mariana Islands), Chamorros (Guam & Northern Mariana Islands), Chuukese, Mortlockese, Namonuito, Paafang, Puluwat and Pollapese (Chuuk), I-Kiribati (Kiribati), Kosraeans (Kosrae), Marshallese (Marshall Islands), Nauruans (Nauru), Palauan, Sonsorolese, and Hatohobei (Palau), Pohnpeians, Pingelapese, Ngatikese, Mwokilese (Pohnpei), and Yapese, Ulithian, Woleian, Satawalese (Yap).