| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 644,904 (2020 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bukidnon, Caraga region, North Cotabato, Davao region, Sultan Kudarat | |
| Languages | |
| Manobo languages, Cebuano, Filipino | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Anito, Shamanism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bukidnon, Higaonon, other Lumad ethnicities |
The Manobò (sometimes also spelled Menobò, Manuvù , Menuvù , or Minuvù)[1][2] are an indigenous peoples from Mindanao in the Philippines, whose core lands cover most of the Mindanao island group,[3] from Sarangani island into the Mindanao mainland in the regions of Agusan, Davao, Bukidnon, Surigao, Misamis, and Cotabato.[2][4] The Manobo are considered the most diverse among the many indigenous peoples of the Philippines, with the largest number of subgroups within its family of languages.[2] The Philippine Statistics Authority listed 644,904 persons as Manobo in its 2020 Census of Population and Housing.[5]
- ^ DuBois, Carl D.; Guinang, Anselmo D.; Roque, Charing (1978). Diksyonaryo te Menobò (PDF). Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ a b c "Peoples of the Philippines: Manobo". National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
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