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Languages. The Moro people speak their native languages. Non-native languages spoken are Ilocano, Chabacano, Hiligaynon, Cebuano, and Tagalog, of which the latter two are used as linguae francae. This is true for Cebuano because of the mass arrival of Cebuano settlers to Mindanao.
The Spanish considered the Moros a threat to their Catholic mission in the Philippines and worked to prevent the spread of Islam throughout the archipelago. In fact, the name “Moro” is a Spanish term for “Moors,” referring to the Muslims who ruled the Iberian Peninsula from 711-1492.
Moro, any of several Muslim peoples of Mindanao, Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and other southern islands of the Philippines. Constituting about 5 percent of the Philippine population, they can be classified linguistically into 10 subgroups: the Maguindanao of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
White Americans, Moros and Indians. The White American rulers of Moroland in the Philippines were much influenced in shaping their Moro policy and methods of administration by the experiences of their Spanish predecessors, as I have shown elsewhere.
Jan 27, 2023 · The Moro people of the southern portions of the Philippines archipelago are a culturally diverse ethnolinguistic grouping of 13 languages. They have fought aggression from outsiders for over 400...
As a diverse community of various ethnolinguistic groups, Moros are marginalized by the state and have longstanding grievances dating back to the Spanish colonial period. Culturally speaking, the term “Moro” as it is used among Muslims tends to denote resistance rather than religious affiliation.
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Jul 25, 2017 · In America, the Western narrative speaks of Native Peoples (thousands of cultures and languages lumped together indiscriminately) and European colonizers (usually ignoring Viking settlements on the north-eastern fringes of North America in the late 10th century AD).
