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Most Sindhi tribes, clans and surnames are a modified form of a patronymic and typically end with the suffix - ani, Ja/Jo, or Potra/Pota, which is used to denote descent from a common male ancestor. One explanation states that the -ani suffix is a Sindhi variant of 'anshi', derived from the Sanskrit word 'ansh', which means 'descended from'.
Upload file; Special pages ... Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... List of Pakistani family names; List of Sindhi ...
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2]
Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since ...
Traditional homelands of the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines Overview of the spread & overlap of languages spoken throughout the country as of March 2017. There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos, starting with the "Waves of Migration" hypothesis of H. Otley Beyer in 1948, which claimed that Filipinos were "Indonesians" and "Malays" who migrated to ...
Sindhis (/ ˈ s ɪ n d iː z /; سنڌي (Perso-Arabic), सिन्धी (); romanized: sindhī; pronounced) [18] are an Indo-Aryan [18] ethnolinguistic group, originating from and native to the Sindh region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, history and language.
Upload file; Search. Search. ... Download as PDF; Printable version ... The following is a list of notable Sindhi people who have origins in the Sindh province. [1] ...
Pilar, Cebu (Ponson Island) President Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol (Lapinig Island) Rapu-rapu, Albay (Rapu-rapu and Batan Island) Romblon, Romblon; Sabtang, Batanes; Samal, Davao del Norte; San Antonio, Northern Samar (Dalupiri Island) San Francisco, Cebu (Pacijan and Tulang Island) San Jose, Romblon (Carabao Island) San Vicente, Northern Samar ...