Belau

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The Belau archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean was settled about 2,000 years ago by Austronesian language speakers (the language today is Belauan or Palauan). Now most Belauans also speak Japanese and/or English as the island was subjected to successive control by foreign powers including Spain (1885-1899), Germany (1899-1914), Japan (1914-1944) and a UN mandated Trust Administration by the United States (1947-1981). Traditional subsistence depended on fishing and the cultivation of taro. Income from government employment and immigration to the United States has become important in recent years.

Identifier

Region

• Oceania

Subregion

• Micronesia

Subsistence Type

• other subsistence combinations

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• Palau

External Links

• Palauans (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Palauans (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE