 However, to this day, several Philippine legislators claim that the island cannot be part of Indonesia today because the ethnic group living in this island is far more related by language to the Sarangani people of Mindanao than any ethnic group in Indonesia (e.g., Minahasa).However this is not entirely true, since languages spoken in Miangas such as Sangir and Talaud are also spoken in the North Sulawesi province by a significant number of people.Currently, the Philippine government has no desire to contest the sovereignty of the Indonesian Government over Miangas Island and respects the Indonesian administration over the island.