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title="Melanesië – afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Melanesië" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesien" title="Melanesien – schweizertyska" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Melanesien" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="schweizertyska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%98%E1%88%8B%E1%8A%94%E1%8B%A5%E1%8B%AB" title="መላኔዥያ – amhariska" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="መላኔዥያ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="amhariska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="ميلانيزيا – arabiska" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميلانيزيا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="arabiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A8lan%C3%A8sia" title="Mèlanèsia – frankoprovensalska" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Mèlanèsia" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="frankoprovensalska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – asturiska" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="asturiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaneziya" title="Melaneziya – azerbajdzjanska" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Melaneziya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="azerbajdzjanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="মেলানেশিয়া – bengali" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মেলানেশিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="bengali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – min nan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="min nan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Меланезія – belarusiska" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Меланезія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="belarusiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Мэланэзія – belarusiska (tarasjkevitsa)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мэланэзія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="belarusiska (tarasjkevitsa)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesya" title="Melanesya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Melanesya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Меланезия – bulgariska" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Меланезия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="bulgariska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesien" title="Melanesien – bayerska" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Melanesien" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="bayerska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezija" title="Melanezija – bosniska" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Melanezija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="bosniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezia" title="Melanezia – bretonska" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Melanezia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="bretonska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C3%A8sia" title="Melanèsia – katalanska" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Melanèsia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="katalanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8" title="Меланези – tjuvasjiska" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Меланези" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="tjuvasjiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C3%A9sie" title="Melanésie – tjeckiska" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Melanésie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="tjeckiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – walesiska" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="walesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesien" title="Melanesien – danska" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Melanesien" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="danska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesien" title="Melanesien – tyska" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Melanesien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="tyska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaneesia" title="Melaneesia – estniska" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Melaneesia" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="estniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Μελανησία – grekiska" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μελανησία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="grekiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – engelska" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="engelska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – spanska" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezio" title="Melanezio – esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Melanezio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – baskiska" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="baskiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="ملانزی – persiska" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ملانزی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – Fiji-hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji-hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – färöiska" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="färöiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lan%C3%A9sie" title="Mélanésie – franska" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mélanésie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="franska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaneezje" title="Melaneezje – västfrisiska" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Melaneezje" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="västfrisiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Mheilin%C3%A9is" title="An Mheilinéis – iriska" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Mheilinéis" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="iriska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – galiciska" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="galiciska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84" title="멜라네시아 – koreanska" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="멜라네시아" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="koreanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Մելանեզիա – armeniska" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մելանեզիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="armeniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="मॅलानिशिया – hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मॅलानिशिया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezija" title="Melanezija – kroatiska" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Melanezija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="kroatiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezia" title="Melanezia – ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Melanezia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – indonesiska" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="indonesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanes%C3%ADa" title="Melanesía – isländska" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Melanesía" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="isländska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – italienska" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="italienska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%99%D7%94" title="מלנזיה – hebreiska" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מלנזיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="hebreiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A8lan%C3%A9sia" title="Mèlanésia – javanesiska" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Mèlanésia" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="javanesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მელანეზია – georgiska" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მელანეზია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="georgiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Меланезия – kazakiska" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Меланезия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="kazakiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lan%C3%A9zi" title="Mélanézi – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Mélanézi" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezya" title="Melanezya – kurdiska" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Melanezya" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="kurdiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Меланезия – kirgiziska" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Меланезия" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="kirgiziska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8" title="Меланези – västmariska" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Меланези" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="västmariska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B2%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%8A%E0%BA%B5" title="ເມລາເນຊີ – laotiska" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ເມລາເນຊີ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="laotiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C4%93zija" title="Melanēzija – lettiska" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Melanēzija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="lettiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezija" title="Melanezija – litauiska" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Melanezija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="litauiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesi%C3%AB" title="Melanesië – limburgiska" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Melanesië" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="limburgiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – lingua franca nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="lingua franca nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C3%A9zia" title="Melanézia – ungerska" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Melanézia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="ungerska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Меланезија – makedonska" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Меланезија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="makedonska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezia" title="Melanezia – malagassiska" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Melanezia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="malagassiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesja" title="Melanesja – maltesiska" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Melanesja" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="maltesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="मेलनेशिया – marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मेलनेशिया" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მელანეზია – mingrelianska" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მელანეზია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="mingrelianska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – malajiska" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="malajiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9C%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="မီလန်နီးရှား – burmesiska" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မီလန်နီးရှား" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="burmesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – fijianska" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="fijianska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesi%C3%AB" title="Melanesië – nederländska" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Melanesië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="nederländska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="मेलानेसिया – nepalesiska" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मेलानेसिया" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="nepalesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2" title="メラネシア – japanska" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メラネシア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="japanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8" title="Меланези – tjetjenska" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Меланези" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="tjetjenska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaneesien" title="Melaneesien – nordfrisiska" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Melaneesien" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="nordfrisiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – norskt bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="norskt bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – nynorska" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="nynorska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – occitanska" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="occitanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaneziya" title="Melaneziya – uzbekiska" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Melaneziya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="uzbekiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="میلانیشیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میلانیشیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – tok pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="tok pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezja" title="Melanezja – polska" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Melanezja" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="polska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C3%A9sia" title="Melanésia – portugisiska" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Melanésia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="portugisiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezia" title="Melanezia – rumänska" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Melanezia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="rumänska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanisya" title="Milanisya – quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Milanisya" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Меланезия – ryska" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Меланезия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="ryska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanisia" title="Melanisia – samoanska" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Melanisia" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="samoanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C3%A8sia" title="Melanèsia – sardinska" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Melanèsia" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="sardinska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesie" title="Melanesie – skotska" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Melanesie" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="skotska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – albanska" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="albanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melan%C3%A9zia" title="Melanézia – slovakiska" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Melanézia" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="slovakiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezija" title="Melanezija – slovenska" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Melanezija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="slovenska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezyj%C5%8F" title="Melanezyjŏ – silesiska" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Melanezyjŏ" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="silesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Меланезија – serbiska" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Меланезија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="serbiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezija" title="Melanezija – serbokroatiska" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Melanezija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="serbokroatiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – finska" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="finska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesya" title="Melanesya – tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Melanesya" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE" title="மெலனீசியா – tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மெலனீசியா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Меланезия – tatariska" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Меланезия" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="tatariska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2" title="เมลานีเชีย – thailändska" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เมลานีเชีย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="thailändska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezya" title="Melanezya – turkiska" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Melanezya" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="turkiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanezi%C3%BDa" title="Melaneziýa – turkmeniska" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Melaneziýa" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="turkmeniska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Меланезія – ukrainska" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" 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href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – vietnamesiska" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="vietnamesiska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesi%C3%AB" title="Melanesië – västflamländska" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Melanesië" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="västflamländska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia – waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Melanesia" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Melanesian_Cultural_Area.png/300px-Melanesian_Cultural_Area.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Melanesian_Cultural_Area.png/450px-Melanesian_Cultural_Area.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Melanesian_Cultural_Area.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Kulturell karta över Melanesien.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Fil:Map_OC-Melanesia.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Map_OC-Melanesia.PNG/300px-Map_OC-Melanesia.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Map_OC-Melanesia.PNG/450px-Map_OC-Melanesia.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Map_OC-Melanesia.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Geografisk karta över Melanesien.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Melanesien</b> är en <a href="/wiki/Etnografi" title="Etnografi">etnografisk</a> region i västra <a href="/wiki/Stilla_havet" title="Stilla havet">Stilla havet</a>, cirka 940 000 km² stor och med cirka 6,5 milj invånare (1991). Området består av <a href="/wiki/Nya_Guinea" title="Nya Guinea">Nya Guinea</a> och ett antal mindre ögrupper nordost om <a href="/wiki/Australien" title="Australien">Australien</a> mellan Nya Guinea och <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> och befolkas huvudsakligen av <a href="/wiki/Melanesier" class="mw-redirect" title="Melanesier">melanesier</a>, alltså människor som inte talar polynesiska eller mikronesiska språk. </p><p>Melanesien betyder "<i>de svarta öarna</i>" (grekiska <i>melas</i> - svart och <i>nesos</i> - öar, jämför även <a href="/wiki/Mikronesien" title="Mikronesien">Mikronesien</a> och <a href="/wiki/Polynesien" title="Polynesien">Polynesien</a>). </p><p>Namnet Melanesien användes först av den franska upptäcktsresanden <a href="/wiki/Jules_Dumont_d%27Urville" class="mw-redirect" title="Jules Dumont d'Urville">Jules Dumont d'Urville</a> 1832 för att skilja regionen från <a href="/wiki/Mikronesien" title="Mikronesien">Mikronesien</a> och <a href="/wiki/Polynesien" title="Polynesien">Polynesien</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regionen_omfattar">Regionen omfattar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Redigera avsnitt: Regionen omfattar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&action=edit&section=1" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Regionen omfattar"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territorier_och_områden"><span id="Territorier_och_omr.C3.A5den"></span>Territorier och områden</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Redigera avsnitt: Territorier och områden" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&action=edit&section=2" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Territorier och områden"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bismarckarkipelagen" title="Bismarckarkipelagen">Bismarckarkipelagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Entrecasteaux-%C3%B6arna" title="D'Entrecasteaux-öarna">D'Entrecasteaux-öarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fijiöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Maire-%C3%B6arna" title="Le Maire-öarna">Le Maire-öarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiade%C3%B6arna" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiadeöarna">Louisiadeöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyaut%C3%A9%C3%B6arna" title="Loyautéöarna">Loyautéöarna</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon" style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk%C3%B6n" title="Norfolkön"><img alt="Norfolkön" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="460" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norfolk%C3%B6n" title="Norfolkön">Norfolkön</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nya_Kaledonien" title="Nya Kaledonien">Nya Kaledonien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nya_Guinea" title="Nya Guinea">Nya Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Bennett%C3%B6arna" title="Marshall Bennettöarna">Marshall Bennettöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moluckerna" title="Moluckerna">Moluckerna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ampat%C3%B6arna" title="Raja Ampatöarna">Raja Ampatöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salomon%C3%B6arna" title="Salomonöarna">Salomonöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz%C3%B6arna" title="Santa Cruzöarna">Santa Cruzöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schouten%C3%B6arna" title="Schoutenöarna">Schoutenöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trobriand%C3%B6arna" title="Trobriandöarna">Trobriandöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torressund%C3%B6arna" title="Torressundöarna">Torressundöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatuöarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlark%C3%B6arna" title="Woodlarköarna">Woodlarköarna</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stater">Stater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Redigera avsnitt: Stater" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/Papua_Nya_Guinea" title="Papua Nya Guinea"><img alt="Papua Nya Guinea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/22px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/33px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/44px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Papua_Nya_Guinea" title="Papua Nya Guinea">Papua Nya Guinea</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon" style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Salomon%C3%B6arna" title="Salomonöarna"><img alt="Salomonöarna" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Salomon%C3%B6arna" title="Salomonöarna">Salomonöarna</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon" style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu"><img alt="Vanuatu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/22px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/33px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/44px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Befolkning">Befolkning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Redigera avsnitt: Befolkning" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&action=edit&section=4" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Befolkning"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Melanesien betyder på grekiska "de svarta öarna" varvid det underförstås att det är ursprungsbefolkningen som är <a href="/wiki/Svart_(hudf%C3%A4rg)" title="Svart (hudfärg)">svarta</a>. Benämningen användes först av franska upptäcktsresanden Jules Dumont d’Urville för att markera en grupp av öar etniskt och geografiskt skilda från <a href="/wiki/Polynesien" title="Polynesien">Polynesien</a> och <a href="/wiki/Mikronesien" title="Mikronesien">Mikronesien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Förutom de egentliga melanesierna finns det också i denna övärld <a href="/wiki/Papuaner" title="Papuaner">papuaner</a> och <a href="/wiki/Pygm%C3%A9er" title="Pygméer">pygmeliknande</a> folk. </p><p>De egentliga melanesierna talar språk som tillhör <a href="/wiki/Austronesiska_spr%C3%A5k" title="Austronesiska språk">austronesiska språkfamiljen</a>, medan papuanerna talar en mångfald <a href="/wiki/Papuanska_spr%C3%A5k" title="Papuanska språk">papuanska språk</a> med oklart släktskap. Förutom jakt och fiske inom näringslivet spelar sjöfart och handel stor roll. De traditionella bostäderna är rektangulära hus som är byggda av takås.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-reference-link-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numera har melanesiernas livsstil förändrats på grund av inflytande från västerländsk kultur. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Källor"><span id="K.C3.A4llor"></span>Källor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Redigera avsnitt: Källor" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&action=edit&section=5" title="Redigera avsnitts källkod: Källor"><span>redigera wikitext</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120226040840/http://www.stillahavet.se/melanesien/">”Arkiverade kopian”</a>. Arkiverad från <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stillahavet.se/melanesien/">originalet</a> den 26 februari 2012<span class="printonly">. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120226040840/http://www.stillahavet.se/melanesien/">https://web.archive.org/web/20120226040840/http://www.stillahavet.se/melanesien/</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Läst 27 oktober 2011</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Arkiverade+kopian&rft.atitle=&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20120226040840%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.stillahavet.se%2Fmelanesien%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Melanesien"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ne.se/melanesier">http://www.ne.se/melanesier</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Externa_länkar"><span id="Externa_l.C3.A4nkar"></span>Externa länkar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanesien&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Redigera avsnitt: Externa länkar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>redigera</span></a><span 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