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Melanesians

predominant inhabitants of Melanesia
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Melanesians

Summary

Melanesians is an indigenous people[1]. They ranks in the top 1% of indigenous_people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,775 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melanesians's instance of is recorded as indigenous people[3].
  • Melanesians's instance of is recorded as human population[4].
  • Melanesia is named after Melanesians[5].
  • Melanesians took place at Melanesia[6].
  • Melanesians is a type of Pacific Islanders[7].
  • Melanesians is a type of inhabitant[8].
  • Melanesians's residence is recorded as Melanesia[9].
  • Melanesians's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melanesian people[10].
  • Melanesians's described by source is recorded as Labels for Locals[11].
  • Melanesians's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Melanesians's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Melanesians's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[14].
  • Melanesians's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[15].

Why It Matters

Melanesians ranks in the top 1% of indigenous_people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,775 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Bronisław Malinowski Papua New Guinea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Described by source → Labels for Locals, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Dewey decimal classification → 305.8995
    Residence → Melanesia
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563005405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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