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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. "The word " SAMA" it is a dialect of Bangungui tribe and Samal tribe is different from Sama Banguingui and they are not belong to Sama Banguingui tribe they are Luwaan or Pala'o or Bajau peoples. (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.
Note: Sama Banguingui is not Bajau peoples.