page_title: Igorot people
section_title: Cordillera ethnic groups
hierarchical_section_title: Igorot people / Cordillera ethnic groups
caption_attribution_description: English: Banaue rice terraces (N. Luzon, Philippines)taken from observation point at beginning of road to Bontoc. Clear evidence of erosion of the terraces.
context_page_description: The Igorot are any of various ethnic groups in the mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines, all of whom keep, or have kept until recently, their traditional religion and way of life. Some live in the tropical forests of the foothills, but most live in rugged grassland and pine forest zones higher up. The Igorot numbered about 1.5 million in the early 21st century. Their languages belong to the northern Luzon subgroup of the Philippine languages, which belong to the Austronesian family.
context_section_description: The Igorots may be roughly divided into two general subgroups: the larger group lives in the south, central and western areas, and is very adept at rice-terrace farming; the smaller group lives in the east and north. Prior to Spanish colonisation of the islands, the peoples now included under the term did not consider themselves as belonging to a single, cohesive ethnic group.
  They may be further subdivided into five ethnolinguistic groups: the Bontoc, Ibaloi, Isnag (or Isneg/Apayao), Kalinga, and the Kankanaey.
caption: The Banaue Rice Terraces
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