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| Tboli |
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| Indigenous Group |
Tboli (Also known as: Kiamba, Tagabeli, Tagabulu, T’boli, Tibole, Tiboli) |
| Location |
Philippines, Mindanao, South Cotabato, Kiamba, Maitum, Maasim, Surallah |
| Estimated Population |
95,323 (2000, SIL International) |
| Environment |
Highlands, Coasts and Mountains |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Gatherer / Fishing |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Tboli
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Mindanao, Bilic, Tboli
Alternate names: Tiboli, T’boli
Dialects: Central Tboli, Western Tboli, Southern Tboli. They also speak Ilongo and Bilaan |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue - Tboli language
Philippine Literature: Tboli
Wikipedia – Tboli
CSUEB - T’boli
Sarangani Facts, Demography - People
The Utrecht Faculty of Eduction – The Philippines, The Indigenous People of Mindanao
Development Communications International Article: Preserving Culture- The T’boli of Mindanao
Minda News, Article: Postscript from Lake Sebu |
| NGOs |
Humanity
Permanent Peoples Tribunal on the Right to Food and the Rule of Law in Asia (Food Justice)
Survival International |
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