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Also known as Micronesian people, Micronesian peoples

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.

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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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People of Micronesia
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Contents
  • 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).

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