Datu

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Datu is a traditional title for a chieftain or local ruler in pre-colonial Philippine societies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Datu canonical 3
datu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chieftain
noble title
political office
traditional title
associatedWithPoliticalSystem barangay system
chiefdom
continuedDuring American colonial period
Spanish colonial period
modern era in some indigenous communities
femaleEquivalent Bai
Dayang
governs banwa
barangay
local community
hasGenderAssociation primarily male
hasPowerType judicial authority
military authority
political authority
ritual authority
higherTitleVariant Lakan
Raja
surface form: Rajah

Sultan
languageOfTerm Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Hiligaynon language
surface form: Hiligaynon

Maguindanaon
Maranao
Tagalog
legitimizedBy control of trade
hereditary succession
kinship
personal prowess
wealth
region Luzon
Mindanao
Visayas
relatedConcept chief
indigenous governance
nobility
timePeriod pre-colonial era
usedByEthnicGroup Lumad peoples
Maguindanaon people
Manobo groups
Maranao
surface form: Maranao people

Moro people
surface form: Moro peoples

Subanen people NERFINISHED
Tagalog people
surface form: Tagalog peoples

Tausug people
Visayan people
surface form: Visayan peoples
usedIn Philippine Archipelago
surface form: Philippine archipelago

pre-colonial Philippine societies

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lapu-Lapu title Datu
Order of Sikatuna class Datu
Subanen people traditionalLeadership Datu
this entity surface form: datu