ia ▁during ▁the ▁colonial ▁era . ▁The ▁Sang il ▁people ▁are ▁tradition ally ▁anim istic , ▁much ▁like ▁other ▁L um ad ▁pe op les . ▁During ▁the ▁colonial ▁era , ▁the ▁Sang il ▁( who ▁usually ▁call ▁themselves ▁" S ang ir ") ▁in ▁the ▁Sang ihe ▁Islands ▁mostly ▁converted ▁to ▁Protest ant ▁Christian ity ▁due ▁to ▁proxim ity ▁and ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁Christian ▁Min ah asa ▁people ▁of ▁Sul aw esi . ▁In ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁most ▁Sang il ▁converted ▁to ▁Islam ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁Sultan ate ▁of ▁Mag u ind ana o . ▁However , ▁elements ▁of ▁anim istic ▁rit uals ▁still ▁remain . ▁The ▁Indones ian ▁and ▁Filip ino ▁groups ▁still ▁maintain ▁t ies ▁and ▁both ▁Man ado ▁Mal ay ▁and ▁C eb u ano ▁are ▁spoken ▁in ▁both ▁Indones ian ▁Sang ir ▁and ▁Filip ino ▁Sang il , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁Sang ir ese ▁language . ▁The ▁exact ▁population ▁of ▁Sang il ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁is ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁around ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people . ▁ ▁Sub anon ▁ ▁The ▁Sub an ons ▁are ▁the ▁first ▁sett lers ▁of ▁the ▁Zam bo anga ▁pen ins ula . ▁The ▁family ▁is ▁patri arch al ▁while ▁the ▁village ▁is ▁led ▁by ▁a ▁chief ▁called ▁a ▁Tim u ay . ▁He ▁acts ▁as ▁the ▁village ▁judge ▁and ▁is ▁concerned ▁with ▁all ▁commun al ▁matters . ▁ ▁History ▁has ▁better ▁words ▁to ▁speak ▁for ▁Mis am is