Indigenous groups

Palawan or pala’wan

Tagbanwa in the central part and the northern Cuyo archipelago

Batak a nomadic Aeta community living in the forest farther north, between
Puerto Princesa and Roxas.

Palawan identification

Palawan main island Palawan's southern territory

Self-identification: Palawan or Pala’wan

Christian settlers term: Palawanos

Islamized subgroup: Palawanun

The palawan island

- Diverse landscapes- rests on the Sunda Shelf

- Unique flora, fauna Some of these fauna are the masek (Malay civet), manturong
(bear cat), and pilanduk (mouse deer).

In 1991 UNESCO declared palawan

“Reserve of the Biosphere.”

Palawan-at-bukid/Palawan-at-daja: Uplands, remote forests, isolated

communities.

Palawan-at-napan: Lowlands, live with migrant communities, adapted to cash

economy.

three major Palawan languages

 Brooke’s Point Palawa

 Central Palawano
 Southwest Palawano

 multilingual society.
 Spoken languages include Ilocano, Cebuano, Ilonggo, Aklanon, Masbateño.