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===Banaban people===

Raobeia Ken Sigrah claims that Banabans, native to [[Banaba]], are ethnically distinct from other I-Kiribati.<ref name=Sigrah>{{cite book|last=Sigrah|first=Raobeia Ken, and Stacey M. King|title=''Te rii ni Banaba.''|year=2001|publisher=Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji|isbn=982-02-0322-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKIr1eg77IwC}}</ref> The Banabans were assimilated through [[forced migration]]s and the heavy impact of the discovery of [[Phosphate mining in Banaba and Nauru|phosphate in 1900]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/banaba/11163312|title=Banaba: The island Australia ate|date=30 May 2019|website=Radio National|language=en-AU|access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref> After 1945, the British authorities relocated most of the population to [[Rabi Island]], [[Fiji]], with subsequent waves of emigration in 1977, and from 1981 to 1983. Some Banabans subsequently returned, following the end of mining in 1979; approximately 300 were living on the island in 2001. The population of Banaba in the 2010 census was 295.<ref name="B2012">{{cite web| work= Office of Te Beretitenti – Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series|title= 19. Banaba|year = 2012 |url= http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/19_BANABA-revised-2012.pdf| access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> There is an estimated 6,000 people of Banaban descent in Fiji and other countries.<ref name="Teaiwa1">{{cite book |last= Teaiwa |first= Katerina Martina|author-link= |date= 2014 |title= Consuming Ocean Island: Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba|url= |location= Bloomington|publisher= Indiana University Press |pages= |isbn= 9780253014528}}</ref><ref name="Teaiwa2">{{cite web| last =Prestt | first =Kate |title= Australia's shameful chapter|publisher= 49(1) ANUReporter |page=|year = 2017|url= https://reporter.anu.edu.au/australia%E2%80%99s-shameful-chapter| accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref>

 

 

===Chamorro people===

The [[Chamorro people]] are the [[indigenous peoples]] of the [[Mariana Islands]], which are politically divided between the [[Territories of the United States|United States territory]] of [[Guam]] and the United States [[Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands]] in Micronesia. The Chamorro are commonly believed to have come from [[Southeast Asia]] at around 2000 [[Common Era|BC]]. They are most closely related to other [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] natives to the west in the [[Philippines]] and [[Taiwanese aborigines|Taiwan]], as well as the [[Caroline Islands|Carolines]] to the south.

 

 

===Chuukese people===

The [[Chuukese people]] are an [[ethnic group]] of [[Chuuk State]]. They constitute 48% of the population of the [[Federated States of Micronesia]]. Their language is [[Chuukese language|Chuukese]]. The home atoll of [[Chuuk Lagoon|Chuuk]] is also known by the former name "Truk".

 

===Kiribati people===

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The Kiribati people, also known as ''I-Kiribati'', ''Tungaru'', or ''Gilbertese'', are the indigenous people of [[Kiribati]]. They speak the [[Gilbertese language]]. They numbered 103,000 as of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12713|title=Kiribertese &#124; Joshua Project|website=www.joshuaproject.net}}</ref>

 

===Kosraean people===

The Kosraeans or Kusaieans are the indigenous people of [[Kosrae]]. They speak the [[Kosraean language]]. They number around 8400 as of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12811|title=Kosraen &#124; Joshua Project|website=www.joshuaproject.net}}</ref>

 

===Marshallese people===

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The Marshallese people ([[Marshallese language|Marshallese]]: ''kajoor ri-Ṃajeḷ '', ''laḷ ri-Ṃajeḷ'') are the indigenous inhabitants of the [[Marshall Islands]]. They numbered 70,000 as of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php?peo3=13554|title=Marshallese &#124; Joshua Project}}</ref> Marshallese society was organized into three social classes, the ''iroji'' was the chief or landowner that headed several clans, the ''alap'' managed the clan and the ''rijerbal'' (worker) were commoners that worked the land. The three social classes treated each other well and with mutual respect.<ref name="TheMicronesians"/>

 

===Pohnpeian people===

The Pohnpeians or Ponapeans are the indigenous people of [[Pohnpei]]. They number around 28,000. They speak the [[Pohnpeian language]].

 

 

===Yapese people===

The [[Yapese people]] are a Micronesian ethnic group that number around 15,000. They are native to the main island of [[Yap]] and speak the [[Yapese language]].