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Total population | |
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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 |
Banguingui, also known as Sama Banguingui or Samal Banguingui (alternative spellings include Bangingi’, Bangingi, Banguingui, Balanguingui, and Balangingi) is a distinct ethnolinguistic group native to Balanguingui Island but also dispersed throughout the Greater Sulu Archipelago and southern and western coastal regions of the Zamboanga Peninsula in Mindanao, Philippines. They are one of the ethnic groups usually collectively known as the Sama-Bajau peoples.