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The Indigenous Māori people form the largest Polynesian population, [9] followed by Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tongans, and Cook Islands Māori. [citation needed] As of 2012, there were an estimated 2 million ethnic Polynesians (both full and part
In this region, the distinctive Polynesian culture developed, where Melanesian men would marry into the Lapita culture. Polynesians would not move further east for another 1,000 years. The Proto-Polynesians who find their origins in Maritime Southeast Asia were an adventurous seafaring people with highly developed navigation skills.
Polynesia [a] (UK: / ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ n iː z i ə / ⓘ POL-in-EE-zee-ə, US: /-ˈ n iː ʒ ə /- EE-zhə) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians.
Pacific Island and Polynesian baby names: 86 baby names from the Pacific Islands to consider for parents looking for rare, distinctive and usual names.
The tools of the Tahitians when first discovered were made of stone, bone, shell or wood. The Tahitians were divided into three major classes (or castes ): ariʼ , [ 5 ] raʼatira and manahune . [ 6 ] [ failed verification ] Ariʼi were relatively few in number while manahune constituted the bulk of population and included some members who ...
The Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]) are the indigenous Polynesian peoples of Easter Island.The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of Easter Island make up about 60% of the current Easter Island population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland Chile.
This indicates that the Lapita people, the direct ancestors of Polynesians, were likely matrilocal, assimilating Papuan men from outside the community by marriage in Near Oceania, prior to the Polynesian expansion into Remote Oceania. [260] [261] [262] [57]
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