Ibaloy people

E584084

Austronesian people indigenous people

The Ibaloy people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Benguet region of the Cordillera mountains, known for their rich agricultural traditions and distinct cultural practices.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ibaloi	5
Ibaloi people	1
Ibaloy people canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6299726 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ibaloy people
Context triple: [Ibaloy language, spokenBy, Ibaloy people]

A. Ibanag people
The Ibanag people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of northern Luzon in the Philippines, known for their distinct Ibanag language and rich agricultural and riverine cultural traditions.
B. Yakan people
The Yakan people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of the southern Philippines, known for their vibrant weaving traditions, distinct culture, and predominantly Muslim faith.
C. Butuanon people
The Butuanon people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the city of Butuan and surrounding areas in northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for their distinct Butuanon language and maritime heritage.
D. Bontoc people
The Bontoc people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, rice terrace agriculture, and distinctive rituals and material culture.
E. Ivatan people
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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ibaloy people
Target entity description: The Ibaloy people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines, primarily inhabiting the Benguet region of the Cordillera mountains, known for their rich agricultural traditions and distinct cultural practices.

A. Ibanag people
The Ibanag people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of northern Luzon in the Philippines, known for their distinct Ibanag language and rich agricultural and riverine cultural traditions.
B. Yakan people
The Yakan people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of the southern Philippines, known for their vibrant weaving traditions, distinct culture, and predominantly Muslim faith.
C. Butuanon people
The Butuanon people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group from the city of Butuan and surrounding areas in northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for their distinct Butuanon language and maritime heritage.
D. Bontoc people
The Bontoc people are an indigenous ethnic group of the northern Philippines known for their rich oral traditions, rice terrace agriculture, and distinctive rituals and material culture.
E. Ivatan people
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian people ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
alternateName	Ibaloi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Inibaloi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabaloi NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
countryCapitalRegionProximity	near Baguio City ⓘ
culturalPractice	indigenous healing rituals ⓘ mummification of the dead ⓘ prestige feasts ⓘ ritual animal sacrifice ⓘ
ethnonym	Ibaloy NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFeature	Cordillera Central mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentRecognition	indigenous cultural community in the Philippines ⓘ
knownFor	indigenous dance ⓘ indigenous music ⓘ indigenous oral traditions ⓘ indigenous rituals ⓘ mummification practices ⓘ rice terracing ⓘ
language	Ibaloy language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup	Cordilleran languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Philippine languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	indigenous peoples under Philippine law ⓘ
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
primaryRegion	Benguet NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera Administrative Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType	highland people ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Bontoc people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibaloi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ifugao people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalinga people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kankanaey people NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalClothing	traditional blankets ⓘ woven garments ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ rice farming ⓘ swidden farming ⓘ
traditionalHousing	wooden houses on stilts ⓘ
traditionalMusic	bamboo instruments ⓘ gong ensembles ⓘ
traditionalReligion	ancestor veneration ⓘ indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	southern Benguet NERFINISHED ⓘ

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