美拉尼西亚人(Melanesians),太平洋西南部美拉尼西亚群岛的民族集团,包括所罗门人、瓦努阿图人、新喀里多尼亚人、斐济人以及巴布亚新几内亚的美拉尼西亚人,共约110万人(1978),属澳大利亚人种美拉尼西亚类型,皮肤黝黑,头发卷曲,阔脸宽鼻,颌部突出,使用多种语言,属南岛语系-美拉尼西亚语族,崇拜图腾和首领,迷信巫术和占卜,有专职巫师和祭司,但后来部分人改信基督教。
第二次产生于东亚人和欧洲人的祖先当中,在美拉尼西亚人的祖先分离后。
The second occurred among the ancestors of East Asians and Europeans, after the ancestors of Melanesians split off.
美拉尼西亚人带来了一个不同的进程。阿奇博士发现,同尼安德特人的单一混种后,同样,他们的祖先也仅一次与丹尼·索瓦人进行混种。
The Melanesians took a different course. After a single interbreeding with Neanderthals, Dr. Akey found, their ancestors went on to interbreed just once with Denisovans, as well.
新美拉尼西亚语是巴布亚新几内亚独立国的官方语言,有12万人以此为母语,有4百万人以此为第二语言。
Tok Pisin is an official language of Papua New Guinea and has about 120,000 native speakers and some 4 million second-language speakers.
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