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Australia & The Pacific
American Samoa
People: Polynesian (89%), Caucasian (2%), Tongan (4%), other (5%)
Languages: Samoan, English
Australia
People: 94% European descent, 4% Asian, 1.5% Aboriginal
Languages: English, Aboriginal languages (plus Italian, Greek and numerous other European and Asian languages)
Cook Islands
People: Polynesian (80%), mixed Polynesian and European (8%)
Language: English (official), Maori
Fiji
People: Indigenous Fijian 50%, Indian 45%
Languages: English is the official language, Fijian dialects are spoken by the indigenous Fijians (Bauan is the most spoken) and the Indian community speak Fiji-Hindi
French Polynesia
People: 83% Polynesians (Maohis), 12% Europeans, 5% Asians
Languages: Tahitian, French and English
Guam
People: 47% Chamorro, 25% Filipino, 10% Caucasian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and 18% other
Language: English, Chamorro
Kiribati
People: Micronesian
Languages: Micronesian dialect, English
Marshall Islands
People: Micronesian
Languages: English (official), Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese
Micronesia
Language: Chuuk, Kosraean, Ponapean, Yapese, English
Nauru
People: Melanesian, Polynesian, Pacific Islanders, Asians, Europeans
New Caledonia
People: Melanesian (44.1%), European (31.4%), Pacific Islanders & Indonesians
Language: French, Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
New Zealand
People: 88% European (Pakeha), 12% Maori and Polynesian
Languages: English and Maori
Niue
People: Polynesian (85% Niuean, plus Tongan, Tuvaluan, Samoan), New Zealanders
Language: Niuean Polynesian, English
Northern Mariana Islands
People: Filipino (34%), Chamorro (30%), Chinese (12%), Micronesian (8%), Carolinian (5%)
Language: English (official), Chamorro, Carolinian, Japanese, Korean
Palau
People: Polynesian, Malayan, Melanesian
Languages: English (official), Palauan (official), Sonsoralese, Angavr, Japanese, Tobi
Papua New Guinea
People: 95% Melanesian, 5% Polynesian, Micronesian, Chinese
Language: 750 indigenous languages plus Pidgin and Motu
Solomon Islands
People: Melanesian (95%), Polynesian (4%), Asian and Micronesian (1%)
Languages: Solomon Islands Pijin, English and 67 official indigenous languages
Tahiti
People: 83% Polynesians (Maohis), 12% Europeans, 5% Asians
Languages: Tahitian, French and English
Tokelau
People: Polynesian
Language: Tokelauan, English
Tonga
People: Polynesian
Tuvalu
People: Polynesian (96%), Micronesian (4%)
Languages: Tuvaluan, Samoan, English
Vanuatu
People: Melanesian & Polynesian (94%), French (4%), Chinese, Pacific Islanders and Vietnamese (2%)
Languages: Bislama ('pidgin' English), French, English and more than 100 indigenous languages
Wake Island
Language: English
Wallis and Futuna
People: Polynesian (93%), French (7%)
Languages: Wallisian, Futunan, French
Western Samoa
Language: Samoan, English
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