Banguingui people

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Banguingui
Total population
84,000 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Bangsamoro, Zamboanga Peninsula
Languages
Banguingui language, Tausug, Zamboangueño Chavacano, Cebuano, Filipino, English, Malay
Religion
Predominantly Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Sama-Bajau people, other Moros, Lumad, Visayans,
other Filipino peoples,
other Austronesian peoples
The garay warships of Banguingui pirates in an illustration by Rafael Monleon, based on museum models, c. 1850 Garay sketches by Rafael Monleon (1890).png
The garay warships of Banguingui pirates in an illustration by Rafael Monleón, based on museum models, c. 1850

Banguingui [a] [b] is a distinct ethnolinguistic group native to Balanguingui Island but also dispersed throughout the Sulu Archipelago and southern and western coastal regions of the Zamboanga Peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines. [2]

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Overview

The Banguingui language has both written and oral traditions. Its written language is in Jawi script and is fast becoming a dying tradition. Oral traditions are handed down by the kamattoahan (elders) to the kaanakan or anak baha-u (new generations).

The Banguingui built kuta (forts) throughout the Sulu Archipelago. Like their other Sama cousins, they sailed various ships like the vinta , salisipan, or bangka-bangka throughout the Sulu-Sulawesi region. At the height of the Sulu Sultanate, the Banguingui, along with the Iranun people, formed the bulk of the Sultan's navy, leading coastal raids against settlements in the northern Philippines, as well as the coasts of neighboring Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands. They were also heavily involved in piracy and the slave trade during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Banguingui usually sailed garay warships, in contrast to the lanong of the Iranun. [3]

Notable Banguingui

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References

  1. also known as Sama Banguingui. "The word " SAMA" it is a dialect of Bangungui tribe and Samal tribe is different from Sama Banguingui and they are not belong to Sama Banguingui tribe they are Luwaan or Pala'o or Bajau peoples.
  2. (alternative spellings include Bangingi’, Bangingi, Banguingui, Balanguingui, and Balangingi)
  1. Balangingi: A Language of the Philippines
  2. "In Zamboanga's Once Islas, Women of Sama Banguingui are taking the Eco-Tourism Charge". AirAsia Newsroom. June 1, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  3. James Francis Warren (2007). The Sulu zone, 1768–1898: the dynamics of external trade, slavery, and ethnicity in the transformation of a Southeast Asian maritime state. NUS Press. p. 184. ISBN   978-9971-69-386-2.

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