Ibatan | |
|---|---|
 An elderly Ivatan woman | |
| Total population | |
| 38,622 (2020 census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Philippines(Batanes) | |
| Languages | |
| Ivatan, Ilocano, Tagalog, English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholicism), minority also, ancestral worship | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tao people, Taiwanese aborigines, Ilocanos, other Austronesian peoples |
The Ivatan people are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northernmost Philippines. They are genetically closely related to other ethnic groups in Northern Luzon, but also share close linguistic and cultural affinities to the Tao people of Orchid Island in Taiwan.[2][3][4]
The culture of the Ivatans is partly influenced by the environmental condition of Batanes. Unlike the old-type nipa huts common in the Philippines, Ivatans have adopted their now-famous stone houses made of coral and limestone, designed to protect against the hostile climate.
- ^ "Ethnicity in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing)". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ Loo, Jun-Hun; Trejaut, Jean A; Yen, Ju-Chen; Chen, Zong-Sian; Lee, Chien-Liang; Lin, Marie (2011). "Genetic affinities between the Yami tribe people of Orchid Island and the Philippine Islanders of the Batanes archipelago". BMC Genetics. 12 (1): 21. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-12-21. PMC 3044674. PMID 21281460.
- ^ Quismundo, Tarra (April 6, 2015). "Taiwan's 'Rock Star' Tribal Folk Share Same Ancestry with Filipinos". Inquirer.net. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ Datar, Francisco A. "The Batanes Islands". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved April 6, 2008.[dead link]