Euronesian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 258,600[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States | 125,628[2] |
| French Polynesia | 45,000 |
| New Caledonia | 25,000 |
| Samoa | 18,000 |
| Solomon Islands | 18,000 |
| Fiji | 16,000 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5,100 |
| American Samoa | 4,700 |
| Tonga | 2,000 |
| Kiribati | 1,100 |
| Cook Islands | 1,000 |
| Easter Island | c. 1,000 |
| Norfolk Island | 80 |
| Pitcairn Islands | c. 47 |
| Australia | Unknown |
| New Zealand | Unknown |
| Languages | |
| Melanesian languages Micronesian languages Polynesian languages English, French, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians, Vazaha, Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, English people, French people, and other various European ethnic groups | |
Euronesian is an umbrella term and portmanteau for people of mixed European and either Melanesian, Micronesian,[3] or Polynesian descent.[4] The term is most commonly used in Samoa. British or French colonizers, missionaries and traders, as well as some descendants of Polynesians and Spaniards in Easter Island (where Chilean law and generic Chilean social views name them mestizos), and descendants of Micronesians and Spaniards in the Caroline Islands (the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau), the Mariana Islands (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the Marshall Islands.[5] ʻAfakasi is the common term of reference for euronesians in Samoa;[1] in Fiji, the term Kailoma is usually used.[6]
Distinct Euronesian groups include the Hawaiian Hapa haole, Norfolk Islanders, Bonin Islanders, Palmerston Islanders, Pitcairn Islanders, and Tahitian demis.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Olaf Nelson and the place of afakasi in Samoa". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
One of the Samoan terms for the islands' part-European population is 'afakasi. This term does not necessarily have the same negative connotations as its English translation 'half-caste'.
- ^ a b Bridging 1990 and 2000 census race data: Fractional assignment of multiracial populations. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ There is no scientific element about this ancient classification into both terms (Melanesians and Micronesians), and "Oceanians" would be better.[1]
- ^ ""EURONESIAN", The Need For A New Word". Retrieved 15 June 2021. Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's who. 1971. p. 84.
- ^ "Censo 2002". Ine.cl. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "Kailomas In Fiji". fijilandofourfathers.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.