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The Maranao people (Maranao: ['mәranaw]; Filipino: Maranaw[2][3]), also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is a predominantly Muslim Filipino ethnic group native to the region around Lanao Lake in the island of Mindanao. They are known for their artwork, weaving, wood, plastic and metal crafts and epic literature, the Darangen.
Maranao, Maguindanaon, Sama-Bajau, other Moro peoples, other Austronesian peoples. The Iranun are an Austronesian ethnic group native to southwestern Mindanao, Philippines. They are ethnically and culturally closely related to the Maranao, and Maguindanaon, all three groups being denoted as speaking Danao languages and giving name to the island ...
The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. Moro nation or Moro country). [4] As Muslim-majority ethnic groups, they form the largest non- Christian population in the Philippines, [5] and comprise about 5% ...
Tinguian men in 1922. The Itneg (exonym Tinguian / Tingguian / Tinggian ) are an Austronesian ethnic group from the upland province of Abra in northwestern Luzon, in the Philippines. The native Itneg language is a South-Central Cordilleran dialect. They have an indigenous Itneg religion with its own pantheon.
Predominantly Sunni Islam. Related ethnic groups. Visayans, Butuanons, Moros, other Filipinos, Malays and other Austronesian peoples. The Tausūg (Tausug: Tau Sūg, تَؤُسُوْݢْ), are an ethnic group of the Philippines and Malaysia. A small population can also be found in the northern part of North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The word Maguindanao or Magindanaw means "people of the flood plains", from the word Magi'inged that means "people or citizen" and danaw that means "lake or marsh". Thus Maguindanao or Magindanaw can also be translated as "people of the lake", identical to their close neighbors, the Maranao and Iranun.
Poverty incidence of Lanao del Norte 10 20 30 40 50 2006 40.71 2009 46.24 2012 49.06 2015 45.69 2018 25.81 2021 25.50 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The economy in Lanao del Norte is predominantly based on agriculture and fishing. Factories are mostly based in Iligan City. Lanao del Norte is the home of Agus Power plants 4-7 that stretch from Balo-i to Iligan City. It serves major ...
Maranao language. Maranao ( Filipino: Mëranaw[ 3]; Kirim: باسا أ مراناو) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte and the cities of Marawi and Iligan City in the Philippines, as well as in Sabah, Malaysia. It is a subgroup of the Danao languages of the Moros in ...