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An '''Datu''' iyo an titulo na nangangahulogan na namamayo (pigladawan nin manlainlain sa historikal na usipon bilang chiefs, sovereign princes, asin monarka) kan kadakol na mga tawong numerous indigenous sa bilog na [[kaislahan kan Filipinas]].<ref name="note1" /> An titulo piggagamit pa man sa ngunyan, alagad bakô nang pirmi bakong siring kaidtong kaamayi kan kasaysayan kan Filipinas. Igwa iyan nin parehong [[etimolohiya]] kan ''[[ratu]]'' sa nagkapirang ibang tataramon na Austronesyo.

== Terminolohiya ==
An ''Datu'' iyo an titulo para sa chiefs, sovereign princes, asin monarka sa bilog na kaislahan kan Filipinas.<ref name=note1>For more information about the social system of the Indigenous Philippine society before the Spanish colonization see ''Barangay'' in ''Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europea-Americana'', Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S. A., 1991, Vol. VII, p.624: ''Los nobles de un barangay eran los más ricos ó los más fuertes, formándose por este sistema los '''dattos''' ó '''[[lord|maguinoos]]''', ''' [[prince|principes]]''' á quienes heredaban los hijos mayores, las hijas á falta de éstos, ó los parientes más próximos si no tenían descendencia directa; pero siempre teniendo en cuenta las condiciones de fuerza ó de dinero.</ref> An titulo piggagamit pa man sa ngunyan urog na sa [[Mindanao]], [[Sulu]] asin [[Palawan]], alagad lakop iyan na piggamit kaidtong kaamayi kan kasaysayan kan Filipinas, partikular sa central asin habagatan na [[Luzon]], [[Visayas]] asin Mindanao.<ref name=note2>''Por otra parte, mientras en las Indias la cultura precolombiana había alcanzado un alto nivel, en Filipinas la civilización isleña continuaba manifestándose en sus estados más primitivos. Sin embargo, esas sociedades primitivas, independientes totalmente las unas de las otras, estaban en cierta manera estructuradas y se apreciaba en ellas una organización jerárquica embrionaria y local, performance and Botuo digna de ser atendida. Precisamente en esa organización local es, como siempre, de donde nace la nobleza. El indio aborigen, jefe de tribu, es reconocido como noble y las pruebas irrefutables de su nobleza se encuentran principalmente en las Hojas de Servicios de los militares de origen filipino que abrazaron la carrera de las Armas, cuando para hacerlo necesariamente era preciso demostrar el origen nobiliario del individuo.'' (On the other hand, while in the Indies pre-Columbian culture had reached a high level, in the Philippines the island civilization continued to manifest itself in its most primitive states. However, these primitive societies, totally independent of each other, were in some way structured and had an embryonic and local hierarchical organization in them, but it was worthy of being attended to. Precisely in career, when in order to do  [[Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|de Caidenas y Vicent, Vicente]], ''Las Pruebas de Nobleza y Genealogia en Filipinde Ellas'' in ''Heraldica, Genealogia y Nobleza en los Editoriales de Hidalguia, (1953–1993: 40 años de un pensamiento)''. Madrid: 1993, HIDALGUIA, p. 232.</ref><ref name="Scott1994"/><ref name="Junker1998"/><ref name="Jocano2001"/><ref name=note3>''"También fundó convento el Padre Fray Martin de Rada en Araut- que ahora se llama el convento de Dumangas- con la advocación de nuestro Padre San Agustín...Está fundado este pueblo casi a los fines del río de Halaur, que naciendo en unos altos montes en el centro de esta isla (Panay)...Es el pueblo muy hermoso, ameno y muy lleno de palmares de cocos. Antiguamente era el emporio y corte de la más lucida [[nobility|nobleza]] de toda aquella isla...Hay en dicho pueblo algunos buenos I know jnnu jnbu nuj ni I mean mo 9mkk k9k9 9kIcristianos...Las visitas que tiene son ocho: tres en el monte, dos en el río y tres en el mar...Las que están al mar son: Santa Ana de Anilao, San Juan Evangelista de Bobog, y otra visita más en el monte, entitulada Santa Rosa de Hapitan."'' Gaspar de San Agustin, O.S.A., ''Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas (1565–1615)'', Manuel Merino, O.S.A., ed., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas: Madrid 1975, pp. 374–375.</ref> An ibang mga titulo na piggagamit pa sa ngunyan iyo an ''[[lakan]]'' sa Luzon, ''apo'' sa central asin amihanan na Luzon,<ref>[http://www.subicbaypi.com/sub_stories_olongapostory.htm The Olongapo Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219173144/http://www.subicbaypi.com/sub_stories_olongapostory.htm |date=2020-02-19 }}, July 28, 1953 – Bamboo Breeze – Vol.6, No.3</ref> asin ''sultan'' asin ''rajah'', urog na sa Mindanao, Sulu asin Palawan.<ref name="note4">Sa Mindanao, igwa nin nagkapirang mga sultanato. Am [[Sultanato kan Maguindanao]], [[Sultanato kan Sulu]], asin Confederation of Sultanates sa Lanao iyo an nagkapira sa midbid sa kasaysayan. Cf. {{cite web |title=Royal Society Dignitaries Priority Honorable Members |url=http://www.royalsocietydignitariesgroup.org/royal-house-of-sultan-council.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325064159/http://www.royalsocietydignitariesgroup.org/royal-house-of-sultan-council.php |archive-date=2012-03-25 |access-date=2012-02-13}}</ref> Depende sa  prestige kan soberanong pamilyang royal, an titulo na ''datu'' pwedeng katumbas kan royal princes, European [[duke]]s, [[marquess]]es asin [[konde]].<ref>''"There were no kings or lords throughout these islands who ruled over them as in the manner of our kingdoms and provinces; but in every island, and in each province of it, many chiefs were recognized by the natives themselves. Some were more powerful than others, and each one had his followers and subjects, by districts and families; and these obeyed and respected the chief. Some chiefs had friendship and communication with others, and at times wars and quarrels. These '''principalities''' and '''lordships''' were inherited in the male line and by succession of father and son and their descendants. If these were lacking, then their brothers and collateral relatives succeeded... When any of these chiefs was more courageous than others in war and upon other occasions, such a one enjoyed more followers and men; and the others were under his leadership, even if they were chiefs. These latter retained to themselves the lordship and particular government of their own following, which is called barangay among them. They had datos and other special leaders [mandadores] who attended to the interests of the barangay." '' Antonio de Morga, ''The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Philippine Islands'', Vols. 1 and 2, Chapter VIII.</ref> Sa darakulang [[suanoy na barangay]], na igwa nin contacts sa ibang kultura sa Southeast Asia sa paagi kan pagkalakal, an ibang ''datus'' kinua an titulo na ''rajah'' o ''sultan''.<ref>Examples of Datus who took the title Rajah were Rajah Soliman, Rajah Matanda, and Rajah Humabon. Cf. Landa Jocano, Filipino Prehistory, Manila: 2001, p.160.</ref>

An pinakadaan na historikal na rekord na nag-unabi sa ''datus'' iyo an ika-7 na siglo na inskripsyon kan [[Srivijaya]] siring kan [[Telaga Batu inscription|Telaga Batu]] tanganing iladawan an lesser kings o vassalized kings.<ref>Casparis, J.G., (1956), ''Prasasti Indonesia II: Selected Inscriptions from the 7th to the 9th Century A.D.'', Dinas Purbakala Republik Indonesia, Bandung: Masa Baru.</ref> An katagang ''datu'' iyo an [[cognate]] kan mga terminong [[Malay language|Malay]] na ''dato'' o ''[[datuk]]'' asin sa titulong [[Fiji]]an na ''[[ratu]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: Datu |url=https://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_d.htm#6857 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

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An Datu iyo an titulo na nangangahulogan na namamayo (pigladawan nin manlainlain sa historikal na usipon bilang chiefs, sovereign princes, asin monarka) kan kadakol na mga tawong numerous indigenous sa bilog na kaislahan kan Filipinas. An titulo piggagamit pa man sa ngunyan, alagad bakô nang pirmi bakong siring kaidtong kaamayi kan kasaysayan kan Filipinas. Igwa iyan nin parehong etimolohiya kan ratu sa nagkapirang ibang tataramon na Austronesyo.

 Terminolohiya 
An Datu iyo an titulo para sa chiefs, sovereign princes, asin monarka sa bilog na kaislahan kan Filipinas.<ref name=note1>For more information about the social system of the Indigenous Philippine society before the Spanish colonization see Barangay in Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europea-Americana, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S. A., 1991, Vol. VII, p.624: Los nobles de un barangay eran los más ricos ó los más fuertes, formándose por este sistema los dattos ó maguinoos,  principes á quienes heredaban los hijos mayores, las hijas á falta de éstos, ó los parientes más próximos si no tenían descendencia directa; pero siempre teniendo en cuenta las condiciones de fuerza ó de dinero.</ref> An titulo piggagamit pa man sa ngunyan urog na sa Mindanao, Sulu asin Palawan, alagad lakop iyan na piggamit kaidtong kaamayi kan kasaysayan kan Filipinas, partikular sa central asin habagatan na Luzon, Visayas asin Mindanao.Por otra parte, mientras en las Indias la cultura precolombiana había alcanzado un alto nivel, en Filipinas la civilización isleña continuaba manifestándose en sus estados más primitivos. Sin embargo, esas sociedades primitivas, independientes totalmente las unas de las otras, estaban en cierta manera estructuradas y se apreciaba en ellas una organización jerárquica embrionaria y local, performance and Botuo digna de ser atendida. Precisamente en esa organización local es, como siempre, de donde nace la nobleza. El indio aborigen, jefe de tribu, es reconocido como noble y las pruebas irrefutables de su nobleza se encuentran principalmente en las Hojas de Servicios de los militares de origen filipino que abrazaron la carrera de las Armas, cuando para hacerlo necesariamente era preciso demostrar el origen nobiliario del individuo. (On the other hand, while in the Indies pre-Columbian culture had reached a high level, in the Philippines the island civilization continued to manifest itself in its most primitive states. However, these primitive societies, totally independent of each other, were in some way structured and had an embryonic and local hierarchical organization in them, but it was worthy of being attended to. Precisely in career, when in order to do  de Caidenas y Vicent, Vicente, Las Pruebas de Nobleza y Genealogia en Filipinde Ellas in Heraldica, Genealogia y Nobleza en los Editoriales de Hidalguia, (1953–1993: 40 años de un pensamiento). Madrid: 1993, HIDALGUIA, p. 232."También fundó convento el Padre Fray Martin de Rada en Araut- que ahora se llama el convento de Dumangas- con la advocación de nuestro Padre San Agustín...Está fundado este pueblo casi a los fines del río de Halaur, que naciendo en unos altos montes en el centro de esta isla (Panay)...Es el pueblo muy hermoso, ameno y muy lleno de palmares de cocos. Antiguamente era el emporio y corte de la más lucida nobleza de toda aquella isla...Hay en dicho pueblo algunos buenos I know jnnu jnbu nuj ni I mean mo 9mkk k9k9 9kIcristianos...Las visitas que tiene son ocho: tres en el monte, dos en el río y tres en el mar...Las que están al mar son: Santa Ana de Anilao, San Juan Evangelista de Bobog, y otra visita más en el monte, entitulada Santa Rosa de Hapitan." Gaspar de San Agustin, O.S.A., Conquistas de las Islas Filipinas (1565–1615), Manuel Merino, O.S.A., ed., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas: Madrid 1975, pp. 374–375. An ibang mga titulo na piggagamit pa sa ngunyan iyo an lakan sa Luzon, apo sa central asin amihanan na Luzon,The Olongapo Story , July 28, 1953 – Bamboo Breeze – Vol.6, No.3 asin sultan asin rajah, urog na sa Mindanao, Sulu asin Palawan.Sa Mindanao, igwa nin nagkapirang mga sultanato. Am Sultanato kan Maguindanao, Sultanato kan Sulu, asin Confederation of Sultanates sa Lanao iyo an nagkapira sa midbid sa kasaysayan. Cf.  Depende sa  prestige kan soberanong pamilyang royal, an titulo na datu pwedeng katumbas kan royal princes, European dukes, marquesses asin konde."There were no kings or lords throughout these islands who ruled over them as in the manner of our kingdoms and provinces; but in every island, and in each province of it, many chiefs were recognized by the natives themselves. Some were more powerful than others, and each one had his followers and subjects, by districts and families; and these obeyed and respected the chief. Some chiefs had friendship and communication with others, and at times wars and quarrels. These principalities and lordships were inherited in the male line and by succession of father and son and their descendants. If these were lacking, then their brothers and collateral relatives succeeded... When any of these chiefs was more courageous than others in war and upon other occasions, such a one enjoyed more followers and men; and the others were under his leadership, even if they were chiefs. These latter retained to themselves the lordship and particular government of their own following, which is called barangay among them. They had datos and other special leaders [mandadores] who attended to the interests of the barangay."  Antonio de Morga, The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Philippine Islands, Vols. 1 and 2, Chapter VIII. Sa darakulang suanoy na barangay, na igwa nin contacts sa ibang kultura sa Southeast Asia sa paagi kan pagkalakal, an ibang datus kinua an titulo na rajah o sultan.Examples of Datus who took the title Rajah were Rajah Soliman, Rajah Matanda, and Rajah Humabon. Cf. Landa Jocano, Filipino Prehistory, Manila: 2001, p.160.

An pinakadaan na historikal na rekord na nag-unabi sa datus iyo an ika-7 na siglo na inskripsyon kan Srivijaya siring kan Telaga Batu tanganing iladawan an lesser kings o vassalized kings.Casparis, J.G., (1956), Prasasti Indonesia II: Selected Inscriptions from the 7th to the 9th Century A.D., Dinas Purbakala Republik Indonesia, Bandung: Masa Baru. An katagang datu iyo an cognate kan mga terminong Malay na dato o datuk asin sa titulong Fijian na ratu''.

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