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Micronesians
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]

  1. ^ Center for the Study of Global Christianity (June 2013), Christianity in its Global Context, 1970–2020: Society, Religion, and Mission (PDF), South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2013
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Doran1981 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mason, Leonard (November 1989). "A Marshallese nation emerges from the political fragmentation of American Micronesia". Pacific Studies. 13 (1). The Brigham Young University – Hawaii, the Pacific Institute: 1–46. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.455.1089.
  4. ^ "Hawaii Health Data Warehouse Race-Ethnicity Documentation" (PDF). August 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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