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Molbog is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia. The majority of speakers are concentrated at the southernmost tip of the Philippine province of Palawan, specifically the municipalities of Bataraza and Balabac. Both municipalities are considered as bastions for environmental conservation in the province.

The Molbog is one of the Muslim Cultural minorities, a people group believed to have been migrants from North Borneo. This group is also known as Malebugan or Molebuganon. The Molbog’s location, Balabac Island, is the usual place for stop over by Tausug traders travelling between Brunie, Palawan, and Sulu for replenishment of their food and ...

The Molbog people dominate the municipalities of Balabac and Bataraza in southern Palawan. They are the only indigenous people in Palawan where the majority of its people are Muslims. The area constitutes the homeland of the Molbog people since …

The document provides information about the Molbog tribe in the Philippines. It discusses that the Molbogs are one of 13 ethno-linguistic groups who migrated from northern Borneo and now live in Balabac Island. Their traditional livelihoods include subsistence farming, fishing, and …

The Molbog is one of the Muslim Cultural minorities, a people group believed to have been migrants from North Borneo. In the past, the Molbog were ruled by Sulu datus under the Sulu Sultanate. Within the Molbog villages, they are led by religious leaders. This group is also known as Malebugan or Molebuganon.

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The Molbog (also called Melebuganon) are found in the Balabac island groups in southern Palawan where they are estimated to number 5,292 (1990). The national population is 6,795 (1980). The Molbog are Islamic in religion. The agricultural base of the people is rather poor and the population density is very low.

Molbog were once an indigenous Palawan subgroup that converted to Islam after sustained contacts with Tausug and Samal and other elements of the Sulu Sultanate, assuming in the process a new and independent identity. The Molbog are primarily shifting cultivators and secondarily fishermen; but many also grow coconuts and sell copra.