Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean. They trace their early prehistoric origins to Island Southeast Asia and are part of the larger Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, with an Urheimat in Taiwan. They speak the Polynesian languages, a branch of the Oceanic subfamily within the Austronesian language family. The Indigenous Māori people form the largest Polynesian population, followed by Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tongans, and Cook Islands Māori.
New Zealand had the highest population of Polynesians, estimated at 110,000 in the 18th century. Polynesians have acquired a reputation as great navigators
analysis of modern Polynesians indicates that there has been intermarriage resulting in a mixed Austronesian-Papuan ancestry of the Polynesians (as with other
Look up Polynesian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polynesian is the adjectival form of Polynesia. It may refer to: Polynesians, an ethnic group Polynesian
South Pacific by migrant Malayo-Polynesian people (see also Lapita culture). There is also some evidence that Polynesians ventured as far east as Salas
Wikipedia has an article on: Polynesian Triangle Wikipedia Polynesian Triangle A region of the Pacific Ocean, settled by Polynesians, that is roughly triangular
attractive. Charles Darwin The Voyage of the Beagle (1835) Before the Polynesians first set foot here in the thirteenth century, at least eleven species
committed massacres regularly. The dyaks of Borneo were headhunters. The Polynesians, living in an environment as close to paradise as one can imagine, fought
Khmers and other tribes of India-China, in the countries of the Malaya-Polynesians, in Indonesia and Malay, India left the indelible impress of her high
Egypt and the "dog days" of summer for the ancient Greeks, while to the Polynesians, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, the star marked winter and was an
Māori is a language spoken by the native polynesian people in New Zealand. Kaore te kumara e korero mo tona ake reka. Direct English translation: The sweet