Taumako
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/25828
- Note
- "The inhabitants of the Duff Islands are Polynesians, and their language, Vaeakau-Taumako, is a member of the Samoic branch of Polynesian languages.On the Duff Islands live about 439 people (1999 census). The islands were settled at least as early as 900 BC, by people who made pottery known as Lapita. Archaeological research has shown that this pottery was made using local clay and sand from the island. These Lapita people spread far as wide from the coastal area of Papua New Guinea to the islands of Tonga and Samoa; that is, throughout islands known as both Melanesia and Polynesia. Consequently, the people of Taumako experienced wide-ranging influences, and could be said to have been both Melanesian and Polynesian throughout their long history." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.04.2020)
- Latitude
- -9.9499998092651
- Longitude
- 167.2166595459
- Time zone
- Pacific/Guadalcanal
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