Indigenous Communities from Philippines

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Tau´t Batu
Indigenous Group	Tau´t Batu (also known as: Taw Batu, Tao’t Bato, Tao’t Batu)
Location	Philippines, Palawan, Singnapan Basin, in Southwestern Palawan, bounded by Mt. Mantalingajan on the East and by coastal terrain on the West.
Estimated Population	198 (1987, the Philippine Office for Southern Cultural Communities [OSSC]).
Environment	Coastal and Mountains
Lifestyle	Semi-nomadic (They stay in the same region, but move to dryer ground during the monsoon season.)
Subsistence	Hunter / Gatherer / Agriculture
Level of Assimilation	Nearly Untouched
Language Family	Southwest Palawano Classification: Austronesian language family (One source also lists Tau’t Batu as a separate language, but there is no other information about this language.)
Website URLs	http://www.isis.csuhayward.edu/cesmith/virtmus/Philippines/Peoples/Taut_Bato.htm http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Sonja/RF/Ukpr/Report83.htm http://www.ncip.gov.ph/resources/ethno_alphabet.php
NGOs	The Peoples of the World Foundation, Philippine Association for Inter-Cultural Development, Inc.