Kanak

indigenous Melanesian people of New Caledonia
Person ethnic_group Q178631
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Kanak

Summary

Kanak is an ethnic group[1]. They ranks in the top 7% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kanak held citizenship in France[3].
  • Ajië was Kanak's native language[4].
  • Iaai was Kanak's native language[5].
  • Kanak's religion is recorded as Protestantism[6].
  • Kanak's religion is recorded as ancestor worship[7].
  • Kanak's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[8].
  • Kanak's instance of is recorded as indigenous people[9].
  • Kanak's ancestral home is recorded as New Caledonia[10].
  • Kanak is a type of Melanesians[11].
  • Kanak's Commons category is recorded as Kanak[12].
  • Kanak's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kanak people[13].
  • Kanak has a population of {'amount': '+100000'}[14].
  • Kanak's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Kanak's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Kanak's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Kanak's significant place is recorded as New Caledonia[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Other[19]

  • Country: NC[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ff1b5b46-4499-40a3-a944-6e34ee35c48d[21]

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Origins and Family

Native languages include Ajië[4] and Iaai[5].

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Protestantism[6], a Christian denominational family[22], founded in 1517[23] and ancestor worship[7], a religious behaviour[24].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Kanak include Kanakaster[25], a taxon[26].

Why It Matters

Kanak ranks in the top 7% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] They is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for them include Kanakaster[25], a taxon[26].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of ethnic group, indigenous people
    Native language Ajië, Iaai
    Citizenship
    Country of citizenship France
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012431028605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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