Back ميكرونيزيون Arabic Мікранезійцы Byelorussian Mikronesier German Micronésiens French माइक्रोनेशियन Hindi Mikronezijski narodi Croatian Միկրոնեզացիներ Armenian Микронезиялықтар Kazakh Микронезиялыктар Kirghiz Mikroneziečiai Lithuanian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 450,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Micronesian languages, Yapese, Chamorro, Palauan, English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (93.1%)[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Polynesians, Melanesians, Euronesians, Austronesian 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.[2]
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).[3][4]
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