All Polynesian societies descend from what is called 'Ancestral
Polynesian Society' which developed in the Fiji/Tonga/Samoa area
about 1500 B.C. The population was Austronesian speaking and had
been part of the Eastern subgroup of the Lapita Cultural Complex.
Lapita is the founding culture which produced the Neolithic societies
of Polynesia, Eastern Melanesia and island Melanesia. Either of
two language groups, Austroasiatic or Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian)
could have originated the ideas which led to the megalith building.
The Austronesians came from the Proto-Austronesian speakers who
left mainland Southern China for Taiwan in c. 4000 B.C. and began
to spread through the Indonesian archipelago in c. 3000 B.C.
Esene Faimalo
| Taroamiva | Taroatehoa | Tinnarow | Tummotoa |
| Talaloo | Tararo |
Capital : Honiara
Monarchy, languages English, Solomon Islands Pidgin, local languages
Kabitana
Capital: Yaren
languages Nauruan, Gilbertese, English
Edouwe Appin
Capital : Koror
languages Paluan, English
s Adachi
Capital : Agana
US Territory
languages Chamorro, English, Tagalog
RC
Capital : Bairiki
Language I-Kiribati (Gilbertese), English
RC Prot Bahai Mormon
Capital : Honolulu
American State
| Ala'imoana | Kamakana | Kamu | Keanu | Leuga | Leva'ula |
The following names have all been used in the United States in
recent years with the origin given as Hawai'i.
| Aolani | Athalia | Aulii | Inoke | Iokina | Ipo |
| Kelii | Kina | Kinipela | Konane | Lahela | Liko |
| Liliha | Lilo | Maik | Makani | Malia | Malo |
| Mauli | Mei | Mele | Miliani | Moana | Moanna |
| Moke | Palani | Ulani |
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This collection of names compiled by Kate Monk. Copyright January
1997, Kate Monk. Last updated November, 97. Copies may be made
for personal use only.