Tau Sug

E458398

Tau Sug are an ethnolinguistic group of the southern Philippines, particularly in the Sulu Archipelago, known for their seafaring traditions, distinct Austronesian language, and rich Islamic cultural heritage.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tau Sug canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
associatedPolity Sultanate of Sulu ⓘ
countryOfDiaspora Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
culturalHeritage Islamic culture ⓘ
ethnonymVariant Tausug ⓘ
Tausūg ⓘ
historicalReligion Islam since 15th century ⓘ
historicalWritingSystem Jawi script ⓘ
knownFor maritime trade ⓘ
resistance to American colonization ⓘ
resistance to Spanish colonization ⓘ
seafaring traditions ⓘ
warrior culture ⓘ
language Tausug language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Philippine languages ⓘ
nameMeaning people of the current ⓘ
nationalMinorityOf Philippines ⓘ
primaryCountry Philippines ⓘ
primaryLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
sea trade ⓘ
primaryRegion Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
southern Philippines ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Maguindanaon ⓘ
Maranao ⓘ
Sama-Bajau ⓘ
linked to: Sama-Bajau peoples

Yakan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalCraft boat building ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalDance pangalay ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Basilan Island ⓘ
Jolo Island ⓘ
linked to: Jolo

Sulu Province ⓘ
Tawi-Tawi Province ⓘ
linked to: Tawi-Tawi
traditionalMusic kulintangan ensemble ⓘ
traditionalVessel lepa-lepa ⓘ
vinta ⓘ
traditionalWeapon barong ⓘ
kris ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tausug → selfDesignation → Tau Sug ⓘ