Ethno Linguistic Group

Heruela, Christine Mae O. BSMA-4 13 Muslim Ethno Linguistic Groups 1. Maguindanao Maguindanao originally homoner state of flooded plain. The come to Maguindanao was also named after the Sultanate or dynasty that control the land for several years. People living in the Pulangi ara, located in what argon now North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao Provinces. Cultural communities within this cranial orbit also include the Tituray, Tboli and the Manobos. 2. Maranao Maranao instrument commonwealth of the lake. Their homeland is called Lanao or lake. Their oldest colonization started around here, and up to this day, highly populated communities still dot the lake. Their style is similar to Maguindanaon and Iranun. The Maranao form the largest Muslim community and cultural minority in the Philippines. Their families are traditionally large and shut down-knit. Feudal standing is in well up-nigh parts still visible. The position, wealth and land ownership of many of those considered from an crinkle of royalty still maintain more or less governmental position or prominence in their areas. Most devout and most traditional of the Muslim communities.They stick braved much of the attempts to conquer and subdue them. They are also know for their artistry in carving, boat making and creation of malongs. 3. Tausug Tausug derives from tau meaning man and sug meaning current and translates into people of the current. A nonher argument made on the meaning of the name states that the name in detail translates to brave people. The Tausug even before the arrival of Islam or Christianity and the people who promulgated their strategy of government, the Sulu Islands, where the Tausugs are found, had their own corpse of government.The Tausugs openly welcomed Islam and the system of government that came with it. This has bred to the composition of the Sulu sultanate. Leaders from this region moved to early(a) places in the country, spreading Islam an d its system of government in Tawi-Tawi, Palawan, Basilan, Zamboanga, and Sabah. 4. Sama Also in the Sulu Archipelago are the Sama consisting of five sub-groups including the Sama and the Badjao. These people are highly dispersed in the Sulu Archipelago. They are considered boat-people, spending most of their time in constant movement through with(predicate)out the islands in the area or living on the water.The Sama are also considered the sea-gypsies of the Philippines. The Sama people groups are generally referred to in Sabah as the East Coast Bajau. The government does not distinguish one Bajau group from the other. While outsiders call them Bajau, they most normally refer to themselves as Sama. 5. Yakan Yakan is the majority Muslim group in Basilan and some in Zamboanga. The Yakan drive generally two spheres of belief integrating Islamic principles and traditional beliefs into what is referred to as folk Islam. There is little know near this people.One of the highlights of th eir history is the arrival of Pedro Cuevas or Datu Kalun, an outsider who killed the datu of the Yakan and then was accepted as their Datu in the early 1800. The Yakans were primarily under the Sulu Sultanate, but proving to be by design their own through the leadership of Datu Kalun, the Basilan Yakan had given the Spanish and Americans. However, the Yakan have remained in many instances separate from any rule, other than that of Sultanates their Datu follows. Due to much political conflict in the area of Basilan, many of the Yakans have settled in the region of Zamboanga City. . IIanon or Iranun The lranun are tell by many to have been the origin of the ethnic groups within the Lanao del Sur to the Maguindanao areas. The Iranun language is in fact seen in the Maranao and Maguindanao languages. The Iranun were said to have fought under the Maguindanao sultanate. Many sultans of Maguindanao were said to have been from the lranuns. 7. Molebugan or Molbog The Molbog mostly live in B afabak, Palawan. The word molbog originated from the word malubog which means murky or turbid water. Their language and practices share close affinity to the Orang Tidung (Sabah), Sama and the Tausugs.These people and other Muslim communities in Palawan were control by Sulu datus under the Sulu sultanate. 8. Kolibugan Kolibugan means half-breeds. Originally from the Subanon tribes, these people are called such(prenominal) because their culture has been said to be half breed, having come into Islam through inmarriage with Muslim communities. These people live the Subanun organization and language. The termkolibuganis as well used to refer to all peoples who have accepted Islam through intermarriage. 9. Sangil The Sangil are found in the Balut Sarangani, parts of South Cotabato and Davao Del Sur provinces.They are said to have come from Sanghe (islands in Indonesia between the Celebes), the origin of the name Sangil. Their name is derived from Sanghe, refering to an archipelago in easternIndonesialocated between Sulawesi (Celebes) andMindanaowhich pertains to the original home of the Sangil. They are people who were already Muslims before they came to Philippine shores. The Sangil are also known for their boat making. They have also been said to be the buccaneers who attacked Spanish territories in other parts of the Philippines. 0. Kalagan Kalagan was derived from the word kaag, which meant whisper. The Kaagan are mostly found in theDavaoprovinces. Their islamization was achieved through the arrival of the Maguindaon and the Tausug. However, when the Maguindanao sultanate and Tausug left, the Kaagan became marginalized and with less improvement in their social organization. 11. Palawanon Palawan inhabitants (Panimusan) were islamized through the Sulu sultanate, through the Tausug who went there to introduce to Islam to the local people.Now, the Muslim populations in the area are found in Batarasa, Quezon, Brookes Point, Espanola, Narra, Roxas, Taytay and Abo rlan. 12. Badjao Scattered throughout the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines live the Sama Badjao, a people nobody wants. Badjao means man of the seas. By tradition, the people are sea nomads, traveling by boat from one island to the next in search of a fishing harvest. But the Sama Badjao are known to other tribes living in the same area as palau or lumaan, both meaning godforsaken. 13.Jama Mapun The Jama Mapun or literally people of Mapun, occupy the island of Cagayan de Sulu in south Philippines. They call their island Tana (land) Mapun and their language, Pullum Mapun. The Jama Mapun are closely related to the Samal, and they are often referred as to the Samal Cagayan by the Tausog of Sulu or as the Samal Cagayan by the Tausog of Sulu or as the Badjao or Orang Cagayan by the coastal Muslim of Borneo. The Jama Mapun can also be found in the islands of Bugsuk, and the small island in between.