What Philippines tribe in the is Balangon from?

Is there any link between the present Kalinga tribe in the Philippines and the Kalingas of ancient India?

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  Thanks for the A2A! Interesting question! First let's see what are these two parties. Kalinga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriya_language:କଳିଙ୍ଗ, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devnagari: कलिङ्ग,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language:కళింగ) was an early republic in central-eastern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent, which comprised most of the modern state of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha, northern parts of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh and a portion of Madhya pradesh. The Philippines: The Province of Kalinga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilokano_language:Probinsya ti Kalinga, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language:Lalawigan ng Kalinga, Tagalog pronunciation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Tagalog) is a landlocked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines Kalinga is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect_continuum of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_Province in the Philippines, spoken by thehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igorot_people. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_people are highlanders and the most extensive rice farmers of the Cordillera peoples. More about the people of Kalinga: The name Kalinga believed to have originated from the Gaddang and Ibanag languages, means “headhunter.” -- http://www.ethnicgroupsphilippines.com/2012/04/22/the-kalinga-people/ The name Kalinga itself is a negative marker. It comes from the word for "enemy" in Ibanag, the language of Christianized Cagayan lowlanders. - http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-1839300318/kalinga.html Kalinga is neither a race nor a tribe name, but a word meaning “enemy” or “outlaw,” as though the hand of the people that bear it had been against everybody’s else. These people have been great head-hunters, and have not yet entirely abandoned the practice, though it is steadily diminishing.http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12970/12970-h/12970-h.htm The Kalingas are the indigenous peoples of http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Kalinga,http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Philippines. They are generally known to be tall, dark-complexioned, and lissome with high bridsed noses. Physically they are very sturdy and well-built so that their war-like characteristics make them more like soldiers. They are believed to be descendants of the second group of Malays who came to the islands, as presented in Philippine history books. http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Kalinga_people A brief history of Kalingas: The first human migrations came in Philippines around 25000 to 30000BC. The second wave consisted of the people today known as Kalingas, Gaddang, Isneg, Mangyan, etc. which occured around 5000 BC to 3500 BC. The last wave, consisted of the Malay migrations between 500BC to 1400AD. - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=vqz8AgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=history+of+philippines&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v-wfVNzIMZK8ugT1yoDABw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg So, the word "Kalinga" means "enemy/outlaw/hunter" in Gaddang, and http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Kalinga_people mentions Kalingas to be Malay migrants, while the above book says them to be earlier migrants. Malaysian-Indonesian influence on Philippines: In the 6th century, there was a kingdom called Kalingga,name derived from the very Indian kingdom Kalinga. Kalingga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese_language:Karajan Kalingga; 訶陵 Hēlíngor 闍婆 Dūpó in Chinese sources[1]) was the 6th century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_India#Indianized_kingdoms on the north coast of Central Java, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia. 6th century Also, the two Indianized empires - the Srivijayan Empire (683-1275 AD) and Majapahit empire (1275 to 14th century) are said to have influence on Philippines' culture. The term "Keling" The term Keling is still used in Malaysia to describe Indians. Keling (pronounced http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Malay) is a word used to describe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Indian by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Malay and Indonesians. Various place names in Malaysia contain the word keling for historical reasons, e.g. Tanjong Keling Conclusion: The Kalinga people definitely are indigenous people, with no relation with the historical Kalinga kingdom. However there is a non-zero possibility of the word "Kalinga" being a loan-word from Malay migrants, or the cultural interactions between Indonesia,Malaysia and Philippines.