Ayta people

E656910

hunter-gatherer society indigenous people

The Ayta people are an indigenous ethnic group in the Philippines, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers known for their distinct languages, culture, and close relationship with their ancestral forest environments.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ayta peoples	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hunter-gatherer society ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy	agricultural expansion ⓘ deforestation ⓘ logging ⓘ mining ⓘ
ancestralDomain	forest lands in Luzon ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
culturalPractice	body ornamentation ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ
culturalThreat	loss of language ⓘ loss of traditional knowledge ⓘ
governmentAgency	National Commission on Indigenous Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalExperience	displacement from ancestral lands ⓘ marginalization ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
legalProtection	Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticFeature	distinct Ayta languages often not mutually intelligible ⓘ
physicalAnthropology	often classified as part of Philippine Negrito populations ⓘ
populationTrend	generally declining or under demographic pressure ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous cultural community in the Philippines ⓘ
region	Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup	Aeta people NERFINISHED ⓘ Agta people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ati people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
speak	Ayta Abellen language ⓘ Ayta Ambala language ⓘ Ayta Magbukun language ⓘ Ayta languages ⓘ Mag-antsi Ayta language ⓘ Mag-indi Ayta language ⓘ Sambal Ayta language NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalBelief	ancestor worship ⓘ spirit veneration ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	barter with lowland communities ⓘ
traditionalHabitat	forest environments ⓘ mountainous areas ⓘ
traditionalKnowledge	forest ecology ⓘ medicinal plants ⓘ wildlife tracking ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalReligion	animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ

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

Sorsogon Ayta language → spokenBy → Ayta people ⓘ

Central Luzon languages → usedByEthnicGroup → Ayta people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ayta peoples