Abelling

The Ayta Abellen live in the mountains of western Tarlac province and across the border into Zambales province. The Abellen are semi-nomadic. Their primary sources of income are charcoal production and raising upland rice. Some also get hired to work in the fields of lowlanders while still others

Abiyan

Adasen

Adasen is a sub-tribe of the Tingguians who live in Northeastern Abra. These indigenous people are found in the towns of Dolores, Langilang, Sallapadan and Tineg.

Adgawanon

The Adgawanon are a Manobo sub-tribe located in Agusan Del Sur.

Aeta

The Aeta (pronounced as “eye-ta,”), Agta or Ayta are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines. They are considered to be Negritos, who are dark to very dark brown-skinned

Agta Agay

The Agta Agay, also Aggay live in Cagayan.

Agta Casiguran

Casiguran Agta / Casiguran Dumagat 

The Negrito group recognized in literature as Agta, otherwise locally known as Dumagat, can 

be found along the Pacific coast of the province of Aurora. They inhabit seven hundred square 

kilometers of dense for

Agta Cimaron

The Agta Cimaron are a sub-tribe of the Agta in Albay, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon.

Agta Divilacan

The Divilacan Agta life in the north east of Luzon near and around Divilacan Bay.

Agta Dupaninan

Where are they located?

The Dupaninan Agta live in the north-eastern Philippines, specifically in the eastern part of Cagayan Province, and the north-eastern part of Isabella province. Most are semi-nomadic, and all live near rivers. The areas they live in are one of the few remaining siza

Agta Dupaninan

Language name and Autonym: Dupaningan Agta, Eastern Cagayan Agta

Agta, Dupaninan or Eastern Gagayan Agta. This native language is being used by almost 1200 people in Notherneast Luzon, Philippines, from below Divilacan Bay in the south to Palaui Island in the north.

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Agta Remontados

The Remontados are members of the Negrito ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the uplands of Rizal and Quezon Provinces along the Sierra Madre mountains. They derive their name from the Spanish verb "remontar", meaning, "to flee to the hills", "to frighten away" or "go back

Agta Tabangnon

The Tabangnons are a group of wild mountain people living in Guinayongan in the province of Tayabas down to Paracale, Camarines Norte with an estimated population of 10,463 in 1987.

They are believed to be the offsprings of the Remontado and Agta marriages. Like other Agta tribes, they gen

Agta Taboy

Agutayanon

The Agutayanons practice a simpler island lifestyle, with fishing and farming as their main source of livelihood.

Akeanon

The Akeanon or Aklanon people form the majority in the province of Aklan in Panay. They are also found in other Panay provinces such as Iloilo, Antique, and Capiz, as well as Romblon. Like the other Visayans, Aklanons have also found thei

Alta

Alta people live in Aurora province.

Ambala

Ambala people live in Zambales: San Marcelino, Subic City, Olongapa, Castillejos barrios; Luzon, Bataan Province, Dinalupinan barrio

Apayao

The Apayaos are a river people, getting their name from the warm waters of the Apayao River.  They can be found in the northwestern end of the island of Luzon from Abulog up to the Apayao River.  This mountainous area is rich in life with its dark tropical rainforests.These virile peopl

Applai

The Applai are indigenous people of the western Mountain Province which is composed of the municipalities of Baseo, Sagada and parts of Sabangan, Bauko and Tadian. The word Applai is a term popularly used by the Mountain Provinces Easterners to refer to the Mt. Province Westerners, in th

Aromanen

The Aromanen are Manobos of North Cotabato.

Ata-Manobo

The Ata-Manobo no longer want to be called by that name, and are further divided into the Langilan and Tala-ingod tribes. They are found in the region west and northwest of Mt. Apo, the headwater of the Davao, Lasang and Libuganon rivers. There is now a town called Tala-ingod in Davao de

Ati

The Ati is a Negrito ethnic group in Panay, which is located in the Visayas, the central portion of the Philippine archipelago. They are genetically-related to other Negrito ethnic groups in the Philippines such as the Aeta of Luzon, the 

Atta Faire

Ayangan

The Ayangan Ifugao are a large subgroup of the Ifugao, a Malayo-Polynesian people group of the Philippines. With over 50,000 people, the Ayangan Ifugao comprise about half of the Ifugao population. The Ifugao primarily live in the Ifugao Province. This mountainous region is in the northern part o

Ayta Abellen

The Ayta Abellen live in the mountains of western Tarlac province and across the border into Zambales province. The Abellen are semi-nomadic. Their primary sources of income are charcoal production and raising upland rice. Some also get hired to work in the fields of lowlanders while still others

Ayta, Mag-Indi

The Ayta, Mag-Indi life in a few barrios of Florida Blanca, several of Porac, Pampanga Province, several of San Marcelino, Zambales.

Bago

BAGO- indigenous people who originally inhabited the borders of cordillera and the ilocos region and those who traced their ancestry from the Old Mt. Province and settled in the lowlands with distinct language and Culture.

Source: Bago Group Facebook

Bagobo

Bajau

The Bajau or Bajaw, also spelled Bajao, Badjau, Badjaw, or Badjao, are an indigenous ethnic group of Maritime Southeast Asia. Bajau continue to live a seaborne lifestyle, making use of small wooden sailing vessels (known as perahu) for voyages through the seas of austronesia.Due to escalated conf

Balangao

The Balangao tribe, focuses primarily on farming; which is performed either in rice terraces or from lands that were cleared by fire. At the present, many of the younger generation of the tribe have gained education and are exposed to modernization thus changing the once traditional society of th

Banao

In 1887, Dr. Alexander Schadenberg, a German naturalist, visited Balbalasang and the rest of the Banao region. Among the observations he wrote in his diary was that the people of Balbalasang belong to the “Banao people.”

The natives of Balbalasang be

Bantoanon

Batak

The Batak, which means "mountain people" in Cuyonon is a group of indigenous Filipino people that resides in the northeast portion of Palawan. They live in the rugged interiors of northeastern Palawan. Living close to nature, they are a peaceful and shy people. These people believe in nature spir

Belwang

The people from Belwang in the Cordilleras. I can't find any information about the so far.

Binongan

Also known as Tingguian, the Binongan Itneg are found in Licuan-Baay. Their language has similarities with Ilocano and Masadiit Itneg.

Abra, the Itnegs’ territory, lies in between the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Apayao. Their economic activi

Bla-an

(a) TAGALÁGAD—"dwellers in the back country" is the name generally applied to this tribe by the coast natives.(b) TAGKOGON—"dwellers in the cogon"—The group living on the grass plains west of Malalag.(c) BULÚAN, BULUÁNES—The members of this t

Bontoc

The Bontocs live on the banks of the Chico River. They were once well-known because of their headhunting practices in the olden days but not today. In the previous time, the most distinctive body decoration of the Igorot was the tattoo. The Bontoc describe three types of tattoos: The c

Bugkalot

The Bugkalot ethnic community or Ilongot tribe is a Philippine indigenous group that is found in the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Aurora. Many of them live in the eastern central part of the Caraballo and Sierra Madre moun

Cagayanen

The Cagayanen are living on Palawan.

CalamianTagbanw

The Calamian Tagbanwas are primarily located in the northern part of Palawan in the Calamian and Linapacan islands. Interestingly, they do not belong to the Palawanic subgroup, but are directly classified under the Philippine subgroup. This subgroup is known as the Kalamian group, which includes

Clata

The Clata of Davao City are part of the Bagobo community

Cuyonon

Cuyonen or Cuyonon are mostly found in Cuyo Island, Palawan. They are engaged in swidden farming and fishing. The conversion of the people in Cuyo Island to Christianity has led to the merger of the animistic beliefs of the Cuyonen with the Christian elements to produce a folk Christianity which

Dumagat

They typify the outstanding negrito physical traits of dark brown to black color and curly hair.  The few cases of straight

Eskaya

The Eskaya, less commonly known as the Visayan-Eskaya, is the collective name for the members of a cultural minority found in Bohol, Philippines. The Eskaya community is distinguished by its cultural heritage, particularly its literature and language, although m

Ga'dang

The area in the middle Cagayan Valley where tributaries of the Cagayan River merge with the eastern sides of the Cordillera mountains is occupied by the people called Ga’dang. Some of the more conservative groups may be found in highlands of southeastern Kalinga-Apayao, east

Giangan Bagobo

Gubang

The Gubang also Gbang tribe are a sub tribe of the Tingguian who livein Abra. Please provide more information. 

Halawodnon

The Halawodnon come from Iloilo. No information is available yet.

Higaonon

The Higaonon is located on the provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Rogongon, Iligan City, and Lanao del Norte. Their name means "people of the wilderness". Most Higaonons still have a rather traditional way of living. Farming is the most importan

Higaonon-Banwaon

The Higaonon-Banwaon Tribe is the second largest indigenous community in Agusan del Sur. Higaonon is derived from the native word "gaon", which means mountain or literally, it means "The mountain people". They are somewhat nomadic, traveling from one mountain to another, looking for fertile soil

Hiligaynon

The Hiligaynon are the indigenous inhabitants of the large coastal plain of East Panay island. Over the years, intermigrations and intramigrations have contributed to the diaspora of the Hiligaynon to different parts of the country. Now, the Hiligaynon form the majori

Ibaloi

Location: Southern BenguetLanguage: Nabaloi or IbaloyPopulation: The 2000 National census shows some 93,000+ persons in Benguet classified themselves as Ibaloy, compared to the Kankanaey who numbered 114,000+. This does not include the Ib

Ibaloi

Ibanag

Ibatan

Alternative: Babuyan Island Ivatan

The Ibatan remain distinct from the better known Ivatan to the north, near Taiwan, and the Ilocanos to the south, near Luzon. Babuyon Claro had been uninhabited from 1681 until the late 19th century when voyagers from neighboring islands were sporadically

Ifugao

It is named after the term "i-pugo" which means "i" (from/people) and "pugo" (hill), thus people of the hill.

The Ifugao, immortalized by their magnificent rice terraces; inhabit the rugged terrain of the extensive Cordillera Mountain Ranges of Central Lu

Ilongots

The Ilongots are a tribe who inhabit the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon Island in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija and along the mountain border between the prov

Isinai

Isneg

The Isneg (also known as the Isnag and Apayao) are a tribe living in Luzon, the Philippines. The Isneg and other ethnic groups of the Cordillera Administrative Region are collectively known as Cordillerans. They speak the Isnag language.

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Itawis

The Itawis people of Northern Luzon inhabit the province of Cagayan Valley. Their range is from the lower Chico and Matalag rivers. In many towns by these rivers, Itawis are found with Ibanags, and speak Ibanag as well as an example of linguistic adaptation

Ivatan

Iwaak

The Iwaks are not a homogenous people. They disperse themselves with dominant ethnic groups in the Cordillera region. And because of this, they are acculturated into the characteristics of the dominant groups.The Iwaks live in settlements which tend to cluster on the higher slopes of the mountain

Kagayanen

KAGAYANENs were the people who traces themselves their ethnic origin from the municipality of Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines, the ethnocenter of the Kagayanen people. They could be found as communities almost in every municipalities in the Province of Palawan, Philipines. The population in it

Kalanguya

The Kalanguya tribes live in the mountain range from Caranglan in municipalities of Santa Fe, and a potion of Aritao, Ambaguio and Kayapa in Nueva Vizcaya province. Others are at the other side of the mountain range covering portions of the municipalities of San Nicolas and San Manuel in Pangasin

Kalinga

The people of Kalinga are the most extensive rice farmers of the Cordillera peoples, having been blessed with some of the most suitable land for both wet and dry rice farming. Like the Ifugaos, the Kalingas are one of the extensive terrace builders in the country. The Kalingas are also skilled po

Kankanaey

Alternative or associated names: Northern Kankana-ey, Sagada/Besao Igorot, Western Bontoc, and Applai/Aplai.Location: Western Mountain Province, Southeastern Ilocos Sur Province, Northern and some parts of Benguet.Language: Northern Kankana-ey The Kankana-ey language differs from one ce

Karao

Kasiguranin

Casiguran in Aurora Province is home to the Kasiguranin. Their language is 82% mutually intelligible with Paranan, a language in eastern Isabela, probably because Aurora and Isabela lie in close proximity.The Kasiguranin rely mainly on fishing and farming, as do other groups in Casiguran.Sources:

Korolanos

The Korolanos live in southwestern Negros, Mt. Arniyo near Bayawan, upper Tayaban, Bayawan (Tolong), Tanjag, Santa Catalina, and Siaton provinces

Magahat

Malaweg

This group (Malaueg, Malweg, Malagueg) is concentrated about the municipality of Rizal, the general area formerly known as Malaueg before the twentieth century in the province of Cagayan, and west about Conner in Kalinga-Apayao. The total population is some 14,591 (NSO 1990). Exc

Mangyan Alangan

The Alangan Mangyans live in the municipalities of Naujan, Baco, San Teodoro, and Victoria in Oriental Mindoro, and in the municipality of Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro.

The name Alangan was derived from the name of a river and mountain slopes in the upper Alangan Valley

Mangyan Bangon

The Bangon Mangyans live along the Bongabon river called Binagaw and the surrounding mountains in the municipalities of Bongabong, Bansud, and Gloria in Oriental Mindoro.

The Bangon Mangyans have their own culture, language and writing system, different to the other tri

Mangyan Buhid

The Buhids are known as pot makers. Other Mangyan tribes, like the Alangan and Hanunoo Mangyans used to buy their cooking pots from the Buhids. The word Buhid literally means mountain dwellers. The Buhid Mangyans are found within the municipalities of Roxas, Bansud, Bongabong and some pa

Mangyan Gubatnon

The Gubatnon Mangyan live in the South of the Philippines‘ island of Mindoro, just to the west of theHanunoo Mangyan. They live in tiny villages of thatched huts in the islands interior and a few who live nearer to towns, such as the one pictured below, earn a living by m

Mangyan Hanunuo

To the Hanunuo, clothing (rutay) is one of the most important criteria in distinguishing the Mangyan from the non-Manyan (damuong). A Hanunuo-Mangyan male wears a loin cloth (ba-ag) and a shirt (balukas). A female wears an indigo-dyed short skirt (ramit) and a blouse (lambung). Many of

Mangyan Iraya

The Iraya Mangyans live in the municipalities of Puerto Galera, San Teodoro and Baco in Oriental Mindoro but most are in Occidental Mindoro, particularly in the municipalities of Abra de Ilog, Paluan, Mamburao and Santa Cruz.

Estel (1952) described the Iraya as having cur

Mangyan Ratagnon

Ratagnon is one of the eight indigenous groups of Mangyan settling in the southernmost tip of Occidental Mindoro and the Mindoro Islands along the Sulu Sea. Today only around 2 to 5 people constitute the group.Ratagnon language is nearly extin

Mangyan Tadyawan

The Tadyawan Mangyans live in the municipalities of Naujan, Victoria, Socorro, Pola, Gloria, Pinamalayan, and Bansud.

In the past, the women wore for their upper covering a red cloth called paypay, which is wound around the breast. For their lower covering, they wrap

Mangyan Tau-buid

There are eight indigenous tribes in the island of Mindoro in the MIMAROPA Region (composed of Mindoro Oriental and Mindoro Occidental), who are referred to by the general term “Mangyan.” They are the Alangan, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunoo, Iraya, Ratagnon, Tadyawan, and Tawbuid.Tawbuids are

Manobo

Manobo is the hispanized spelling of Manuvu (since there is no difference between the pronunciation of orthographic ‹b› and ‹v› in Castilian Spanish, the /v/ sound was lost when translated to Spanish). Its etymology is unclear but in its current form it

Manobo Agusan

The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo language family. Their origins can be traced back to the early Malay peoples who came from the surrounding islands of Southeast Asia. Today, their co

Manobo Bukidnon

Bukidnon people belong to the original proto-Philippine stock. Although the Bukidnon groups are scattered, tradition reveals that they were once a homogenous group. The Bukidnon groups' major means of subsistence are food gathering and swidden agriculture. The women are skilled in m

Manobo Dibabawon

The Dibabawon can be found in Manguagan, in the province of Davao del Norte, on the island of Mindanao.

Manobo simply means “people” or “person”; alternate names include Manuvu and Minuvu. The term may have originated from “Mansuba,” a combination of man

Palawan

The Palawano tribe, also known as Pala'wan (or Palawan, depending on sub-dialect) or Palawano (only by outsiders), is one of the unique and primitive indigenous peoples of Palawan. They are part of the large Manobo-based linguistic groups of southern Philippines

Paranan

The Paranan people live in Palanan, a remote coastal region of Luzon Island in the northern Philippines. Their region is inaccessible by road, so people depend on small wooden boats to transport them to other coastal towns where they receive medical help and purchase needed supplies. They support

Porohanon

Porohanon are the people of Poro Island, Cebu in the Philippines.

Ratagnon

The Ratagnon live in the southernmost part of the municipality of Magsaysay in Occidental Mindoro. Their language is similar to the Visayan Cuyunon language, spoken by the inhabitants of Cuyo Island in Northern Palawan.

The Ratagnon women wear a wrap-around cotton clot

Sama Abaknon

The Sama Abaknon speakers are found in the San Bernardino Strait and Capul Island of Northwest Samar. They are also known as Abaknon, Capul, Capuleno, and Sama. The family to which the language belongs is Sama; the people are called Abaknon.

Source: Ethnic Groups of the Philippines

Sambal

The Sambal (Spanish: Zambal) are the original Austronesian inhabitants of the province of Zambales and the city of Olongapo in thePhilippines. The Sambals inhabit the northern portion of the Province of Zambales up to the c

Sulod

Sulod is the term used for a Philippine ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the slopes of the mountains along the banks of the Panay River between Mt. Saya and Mt. Baloy in central Panay Island. They are known for their "binukot" and for the Hinilawod epic.

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The Sulod acquired thei

Taaw't Bato

The Taaw't Bato means "people of the rock". They are not actually a separate language or ethnic group, but rather a small community of traditional southwestern Palawanos who happen to reside in the crater of an extinct volcano during certain seasons of the year, in houses built on raised

Tagakaolo

The Tagakaolo (also known as Kaolo or Kaulu) have their traditional territories in Davao Del Sur and Sarangani Province, particularly in the localities of Malalag, Lais, Talaguton Rivers, Sta. Maria, and Malita (Davao del Sur), and Malungon (Sarangani Province). Kaolo means 'People of the Mountai

Tagbanua

Tinguian

Alternative names :

Tingguian, Itneg, Gimpong or Idaya-as

The Abra Tingguian has 10 sub-tribes: Adasen, Binongan, Mabaka, Banao, Gbang (Gubang), Masadiit, Maeng, Balatoc and Uplai who occupy the upland municipalities, and Inlaud tribe who inhabit the lowlands.

The word "

Tuwali

Yogad

The Yogads were at one time in the town of Diffun, Quirino. They now occupy the towns of Echague, Angadanan, Santiago City and Jones, of the province of Isabela. Yogads are a part of the Christianized Kalingas of Western Isabela. They are predominantly of the Indonesian type with slight