Ivatan people

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The Ivatan people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of the northern Philippines, known for their seafaring culture, stone houses, and distinct traditions shaped by the harsh, typhoon-prone environment of the Batanes Islands.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ivatan people canonical 8
Ivatan 7
Batanes Islanders 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group
indigenous people
climateAdaptation low-profile stone houses
stone windbreaks
thick thatched roofs
country Philippines
culturalArea Luzon
governedBy Philippines
surface form: Republic of the Philippines
hasAutonym Ivatan people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ivatan
hasDemonym Ivatan people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ivatan
kanayi rain cape made from voyavoy fiber
knownFor adaptation to typhoon-prone environment
seafaring culture
stone houses
language Ivatan language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Batanic languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
populationRegion Northern Luzon periphery
primaryIsland Batan Island
Itbayat Island
Sabtang Island
primaryLocation Batanes Islands
Batanes Islands
surface form: Batanes Province
recognizedAs indigenous cultural community in the Philippines
region Cagayan Valley
surface form: Cagayan Valley region
relatedEthnicGroup Filipino people
Itbayat people
Yami people
religion Roman Catholicism
traditionalBoat falua
tataya
traditionalClothing kanayi
vakul
traditionalCrop garlic
onion
sweet potato
yam
traditionalEconomy cattle raising
fishing
root crop farming
traditionalHouseMaterial coral stone
limestone
traditionalHouseRoofMaterial thick cogon grass
traditionalHouseType stone house
traditionalLivelihood deep-sea fishing
traditionalReligion animism
vakul headgear made from voyavoy fiber

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batanic languages usedBy Ivatan people
Batanic languages usedBy Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Itbayat people
Cagayan Valley hasEthnolinguisticGroup Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Ivatan
Philippine languages includesLanguage Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Ivatan
Tao people relatedEthnicGroup Ivatan people
Tao people relatedEthnicGroup Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Batanes Islanders
Batanes Islands hasInhabitant Ivatan people
Batanes Islands ethnicGroup Ivatan people
Ivasayen Ivatan spokenBy Ivatan people
Ivasayen Ivatan hasEthnicAssociation Ivatan people
Yami (Tao) hasLexicalSimilarityWith Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Ivatan
Ivatan people hasAutonym Ivatan people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ivatan
Ivatan people hasDemonym Ivatan people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ivatan
Philippine Austronesian languages hasMember Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Ivatan
Mount Iraya nameLanguage Ivatan people
this entity surface form: Ivatan