The people of Rotuma have many common Polynesian traits, but speak a non- Polynesian language. Some of the Lau Islands to the southeast of Fiji have strong historic and cultural links with Tonga.

Dec 11, 2025 · Polynesian culture, the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific islands known as Polynesia, which encompasses a huge triangular …

Polynesian forms a sub-group of this extensive language family; all of these languages are more closely related to each other than they are to other languages spoken in the Pacific.

Set within a triangle formed by Aotearoa (New Zealand) in the south, Hawaiʻi to the north and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the east, the Polynesian islands are dotted across the vast eastern Pacific Ocean.

Polynesian countries trade with their former and current colonial powers the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, and France as well as Canada, and increasingly, Japan.

在 社会群岛， 原始波利尼西亚语 （Proto-Polynesian）的*k和*ng合并为 声门塞音，因此他们把其故土的名字称为“Havai'i”（衍生自 原始核心波利尼西亚语 （Proto-Nuclear Polynesian）“*Sawaiki” [10]）。

Sails made of matting drove this ancient forerunner of the modern catamaran swiftly through the seas, and long steering paddles enabled Polynesian mariners to keep it sailing on course.

Dec 11, 2025 · Polynesian cultures displayed a thoroughly practical exploitation of the environment. Their languages reflect their systematic observations of the natural world, abounding with …

The people of Rotuma have many common Polynesian traits, but speak a non- Polynesian language. Some of the Lau Islands to the southeast of Fiji have strong historic and cultural links with Tonga.

Polynesia—from the Greek for "many islands"—is a collection of over 1,000 islands strewn over a broad region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Polynesian triangle.