Endangered languages of the Philippines
[Map courtesy of Professors Tuting Hernandez and Michael Manahan of the UP Department of Linguistics.]
Focus on the red dots. https://iyil.ph/articles/map-endangered-languages-philippines/
Culture Loss
Diffusion
WWII: Igorot Scouts wearing their wanes (G-strings) with their American uniform (1942)
Acculturation
Martin Luther and the first Protestant religion, Lutheranism.
Innovation
Dreamweavers are called so because they dream about the patterns they use on the T'nalak. Lang Dulay, the last of the dreamweavers, passed away last 2015. Only T'boli women in their 30s are said to be interested in weaving. The young ones are mostly preoccupied with their studies or getting careers.
https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/212579/what-will-happen-to-the-dreamweavers-now-that-lang-dulay-is-gone/#ixzz6cEt7Ol22
Culture loss
Genocide
Acculturation
In the 21st century, there have been group and national efforts to revive the ancient scripts of the Philippines (e.g. Baybayin).
Directed change
The late 19th c. American slogan, "kill the Indian to save the man". This means erasing the Indian-ness from Indian people, and turning them into "regular Americans".
Ethnocide