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The Largest People Group Are The Badjao People With An Estimated Population of 400,000. They Are An Indigenous Ethnic Group of The Philippines Which Has Been There Since at Least 500AD

The Badjao are an indigenous ethnic group native to the Philippines who number approximately 400,000 people. They live scattered along coastal areas in the Sulu and Celebes Seas and live solely from the sea as fishermen, divers, and navigators. Their language is called Central Sinama. The Waray people number around 3.2 million and are the native people of Eastern Visayas in the Philippines. They speak the Waray language and are known for their pride, wines like pangasi and tuba, and handicrafts including hats and mats made from plant materials.

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The Largest People Group Are The Badjao People With An Estimated Population of 400,000. They Are An Indigenous Ethnic Group of The Philippines Which Has Been There Since at Least 500AD

The Badjao are an indigenous ethnic group native to the Philippines who number approximately 400,000 people. They live scattered along coastal areas in the Sulu and Celebes Seas and live solely from the sea as fishermen, divers, and navigators. Their language is called Central Sinama. The Waray people number around 3.2 million and are the native people of Eastern Visayas in the Philippines. They speak the Waray language and are known for their pride, wines like pangasi and tuba, and handicrafts including hats and mats made from plant materials.

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Widely known as the “Sea Gypsies” of the Sulu and Celebes Seas, the Badjao are

scattered along the coastal areas of Tawi Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, and some coastal
municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur in the ARMM. Amongst themselves, they're
known as Sama Laus (Sea Sama) and are found living on houseboats where they
make their livelihood solely on the sea as expert fishermen, deep sea divers, and
navigators. The largest people group are the Badjao people with an
estimated population of 400,000. They are an indigenous ethnic group of The
Philippines which has been there since at least 500AD.
Badjao –

Widely known as the “Sea Gypsies” of the Sulu and Celebes Seas, the Badjao are
scattered along the coastal areas of Tawi Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, and some coastal
municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur in the ARMM.

Population –
The largest people group are the Badjao people with an estimated population of
400,000. They are an indigenous ethnic group of The Philippines which has been
there since at least 500AD
Clothes –

Food, Environment, and language –


They make their livelihood solely on the sea as expert fishermen, deep sea divers,
and navigators. Central Sinama (Bahasa Sinama / Bajau / Badjao) Central Sinama is
a member of the Sama-Bajaw group of the Bornean branch of the Malayo-
Polynesianlanguage family spoken in the southern Philippines. It is closely related
to Sinama Banguingi and Southern Sinama.
Waray –

Waray is the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native


to Eastern Visayas. It is the native language of the Waray people and second
language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern Samar and some Cebuano-
speaking peoples of eastern and southern parts of Leyte island.

Population –
3.2 million
(4.05% of the Philippine population)

Clothes –
Food, Environment, and language –
The Waray-speaking people of Leyte (Leyteños) and
Samar (Samareños) are a strong and proud group. They
produce some of the finest native Philippine wines,
commonly called pangasi and tuba. Hats and mats made
from buri or tikug plant strips, which are still heavily used
in the rural areas today, are the most distinctive
handicrafts of the Warays.

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