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Datu

Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of numerous indigenous peoples throughout the Philippine archipelago. The title is still used today, though not as much as early Philippine history. It is a cognate of datuk, dato, and ratu in several other Austronesian languages.

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History

Political functions

Paramount datus

Nobility

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Honorary datus

Present-day datus

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Datu

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples321
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
Components1

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Datu

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related to Present-day datus · 29
Datu → Bicol Region, Bulacan, Butuan, Catholic, Cebu, Christianized, Cordilleras, Cuyonon, Datus, Filipino, Islamic, Jolo, Laguna, Leyte, Luzon, Maguindnao, Manila, Mindanao, Mindoro, Palawan
related to Datu in pre-colonial principalities in the Visayas · 26
Datu → As, Barangays, Boxer Codex, Cebu, Francisco Ignatio Alcina, In, Javanese, Leyte, Loarca, Malay, Meanwhile, Miguel, Panay, Southeast Asia, Spain, Spanish Jesuit, The, The Boxer Codex, The Spanish, The Timawa
related to Paramount datus · 25
Datu → Bohol, Butuan, Cebu, Confederation, Cotabato, Different, In, In Muslim, Indianized, Indonesia, Islamized Subanon, Madja-as, Malaysia, Maynila, Mindanao, Panay, Pangasinan, Philippine, Subanon, Sulu
related to Honorary datus · 22
Datu → Austrian, Austro-Hungarian Empire's, Baron, Count, Datu Bendahara, During, For, Hong Kong, Indigenous, January, Jolo, On, Overbeck, Philippines, Sandakan, Spain, Spaniards, Spanish, Sultan Jamalul A'Lam, Sulu
related to overview · 21
Datu → Bohol, Butuan, Cebu, Cotabato, In, Indonesia, Islamized, Lanao, Malaysia, Maynila, Mindanao, Only, Panay, Pangasinan, Philippine, Subanen, Sulu, Tagalog, The, Tondo
related to Material affluence · 18
Datu → Bohol, Buddhist, Butuan Calinan, Cebu, Hindu, Indian, Luzon, Maguindanao Polangi, Manila, Mindanao, Mindoro, Panay, Ranau Gandamatu, Since, Southeast Asian, The, Visayas, Western
related to Political functions · 17
Datu → Although, Anthropologist Laura Lee Junker's, Anthropologists, Antonio, Even, Furthermore, Islas Filipinas, Junker, Landa Jocano, Luzon, Maginoo-class, Morga, Philippine, Spanish, Sucesos, Their, William Henry Scott
related to Datu during the Spanish period · 16
Datu → All, Antonio, Dictionary, Europeans, Filipino, Ginoó, Juan, Loarca, Maginoo, Morga, Plasencia, Poón, San Buenaventura's, Spaniards, Tagalog Language, The
related to Datu in pre-colonial principalities in the Tagalog region · 16
Datu → Bornean, In, Laguna, Luzon, Manila, Martin, One, Pampanga, Rada, Spaniards, Spanish Augustinian, Tagalog, The, The Tagalog, They, Visayas
related to Philippine Constitution and the Law on Indigenous Minorities on the contemporary usage of the title datu · 16
Datu → Administrative Order No, Any, Article VI, Constitution, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act, It, National Commission, Part, Philippine, Rule IV, Section, Series, Through, Titles

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datus spanish philippine indigenous class title mindanao political titles early de noble archipelago paramount nobility polities filipino social referred sulu

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Datuis atitle which denotes the rulers0.90text
Datuis acognate of the Malay terms dato or datuk and to the Fijian title of ratu0.90text
those in Maynilainstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Tondoinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Pangasinaninstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Cebuinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Panayinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Boholinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Butuaninstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Cotabatoinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
Lanaoinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text
and Suluinstance ofmembers of this elite could hope to become a datu by demonstrating prowess in war or exceptional leadership.In large coastal polities0.80text

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