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Ethnic groups in Mindanao

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Sama-Bajau
The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia. The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally '''A'a Sama, "Sama people"); or are known by the exonym Bajau (, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao'). They usually live a seaborne lifestyle and use small wooden sailing vessels such as the perahu (layag in Maranao), djenging (balutu), lepa, and vinta (pilang). They also use medium-sized vessels like the jungkung, timbawan and small fishing vessels like biduk and bogo-katik''. Some Sa
Moro people
Muslim-majority ethnic groups on Mindanao, Joló and Palawan in the Philippines
Tausug people
Austronesian ethnic group
Tasaday people
The Tasaday () are an indigenous peoples of the Lake Sebu area in Mindanao, Philippines. They are considered to belong to the Lumad group, along with the other indigenous groups on the island. They attracted widespread media attention in 1971, when a journalist of the Manila Associated Press bureau chief reported their discovery, amid apparent "Stone Age" technology and in complete isolation from the rest of Philippine society. Multiple agencies were also contacted, such as National Geographic. They again attracted attention in the 1980s when some accused the Tasaday of living in the jungle an
Maranao people
indigenous group native to Lanao regions in Philippines
Maguindanao people
ethnic group in the Philippines
Lumad peoples
thumb|right|The Bagobo people in their traditional attire ()
Iranun people
ethnic group originally from South Lanao in Mindanao island
Sangirese people
Native people to the Sangir Islands
Zamboangueño people
Inhabitants of the Zamboanga Peninsula
Tboli people
Austronesian ethnic group
Yakan people
ethnic group
Blaan people
ethnic group
Subanon people
ethnic group of Mindanao, Philippines
Manobo people
The Manobò (sometimes also spelled Menobò, Manuvù , Menuvù , or Minuvù) are a group of indigenous peoples who reside in Mindanao in the Philippines, whose core lands cover most of the Mindanao island group, from Sarangani island into the Mindanao mainland in the regions of Agusan, Davao, Bukidnon, Surigao, Misamis, and Cotabato. The Manobo are considered the most diverse among the many indigenous peoples of the Philippines, with the largest number of subgroups within its family of languages. The Philippine Statistics Authority listed 644,904 persons as Manobo in its 2020 Census of Population a
Surigaonon people
Visayan ethnic group
Kalagan people
minority Muslim group in the Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines