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  2. Ivatan people - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Batanes - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Batanes 10 20 30 40 2000 6.94 2003 9.00 2006 16.56 2009 14.40 2012 33.33 2015 13.68 2018 9.56 2021 2.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority About 75% of the Ivatans are farmers and fishermen. The rest are employed in the government and services sector. Garlic and cattle are major cash crops. Ivatans plant camote (sweet potato), cassava, gabi or tuber and a unique ...

  4. Ijang - Wikipedia

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    Ijangs are the terraced hillfort settlements of the Ivatan people built on hill tops and ridges in the Batanes Islands of the Philippines. [1] These high rocky formations can serve as fortress or refuge against attacking enemies for the Ivatan people. [2] Savidug Ijang in perspective view as seen from its northeastern border [2] Savidug Ijang ...

  5. Ivatan language - Wikipedia

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    Ivatan is especially characterized by its words, which mostly have the letter v, as in vakul, Ivatan, and valuga.While related to the Northern Philippine group of languages, Ivatan, having been isolated, is most close to the two other members of the Bashiic sub-group of languages, Yami (Tao) and Itbayat, neither of which is indigenous to Luzon.

  6. US government changing how it asks about people’s race and ...

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    The Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US Census.

  7. Ilocano people - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic group Ilocano people Tattao nga Iloko Ilocano women from Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, c. 1900 Total population 8,746,169 (2020) Regions with significant populations Philippines (Ilocos Region, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, some parts of Mindanao especially in Soccsksargen) United States (Hawaii, California) Worldwide Languages Ilocano, Tagalog, English Religion ...

  8. List of contemporary ethnic groups - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of contemporary ethnic groups.There has been constant debate over the classification of ethnic groups.Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing (clothing) style and ...

  9. Tragic end for youngest Oct. 7 hostages, Bibas boys become ...

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    Ofri Bibas Levi, the sister-in-law of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli hostage kidnaped during the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel, holds a family picture of Bibas and one of her two boys, at Moshav Giv ...