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There are over 100 distinct native ethnic groups of the Philippines, all of which are descended from Austronesian-speaking migrants who arrived from Southern China via Taiwan during the Iron Age - the same source that provided for the peopling of the entire Malay Archipelago (Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor). The Aeta minority, the only people that predate them and who are regarded as the aboriginal inhabitants of the country, are estimated between 20,000 to 30,000 people (0.03%), and are more closely related to other aboriginal minorities found throughout the Malay Archipelago and Papua. Further immigration and interaction with other peoples - such as the northward migration of proselytising Muslim Malays from what is today Malaysia, Chinese traders and settlers, and the Spanish conquest - have immensely contributed to the culture and make up of the country. The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... Alternative meaning: In geology, North China (continent) and South China (continent) were two ancient landmasses that correspond to modern northern and southern China. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... The Malay Archipelago refers to the vast group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia. ... The Aeta are an indigenous people who live in the northern part of the Philippines on the island of Luzon. ... Papua is: Another name for New Guinea Papua (Australian territory): A former Australian territory comprising the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea, now the southern part of Papua New Guinea Papua (Indonesian province): An Indonesian province comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea Related Words... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of people living in the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in South East Asia. ... Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ...

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Aboriginal Filipinos

Aeta (Negritos), (in Filipino, Ayta, Aeta, Ita, Ata, Agta, Remontado, Baluga, or Remontado): the Aetas are descended from the Negritos and Australoid-Sakais who first settled the archipelago during the Ice Age. They are the poorest and most disadvantaged class of the Filipino population. Their numbers have been decreasing rapidly and are estimated to number between 20,000 and 30,000, or 0.03% of the population. Most speak their tribal languages and have little or no understanding of Filipino. The government has sponsored educational programmes as well as encouraging school attendance, though many of them still enounter difficulties. They are also known by their other names, such as Aeta, in Zambales, Ita in Pampanga, Ati in Panay, Baluga in Abra and Pampanga, Dumagat in Aurora, and Remontados in Rizal and Quezon. The Aeta are an indigenous people who live in the northern part of the Philippines on the island of Luzon. ... The Negritos include the Atis, and at least 5 other tribes of the Philippines, the Semang of the Malay peninsula, and 12 Andamanese tribes of the Andaman Islands. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... The Aeta are an indigenous people who live in the northern part of the Philippines on the island of Luzon. ... The Aeta are an indigenous people who live in the northern part of the Philippines on the island of Luzon. ... ATI may stand for: ATI Technologies Inc. ... Rizal is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 20 kilometers east of Manila. ... Quezon is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. ...

• Region: Scattered throughout the Philippine archipelago: most commonly found in Zambales, Pampanga, Bataan, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Quezon, Abra, Rizal, Isabela, Antique, and Negros Occidental provinces.
• Language: Katabaga (an unclassified, extinct language presumed to be that of the Negritos. Presently, they speak Kapampangan, Tagalog, Ilocano, Kiniray-a, and other dialects.)

Ethnic Filipinos

Ethnic Filipinos (in Filipino, Filipino or Pilipino): mainstream Filipinos form the bulk of the population, accounting for 95%. Invading Austronesian-speaking migrants arrived in successive waves over a thousand years ago and settled throughout the entire archipelago, largely displacing the aboriginal Aeta inhabitants. Many of these Austronesian-speaking migrants have intermarried, which gave rise to the present Filipinos. Many live in the cities, although a great number still live traditional lifestyles in the mountains and rural areas. Many Filipinos are trilingual, and are able to speak one of over a hundred regional languages, the national language Filipino (based on Tagalog), and English. The Filipinos or the Filipino people are the native inhabitants and citizens of the Republic of the Philippines located in Southeast Asia. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

• Tagalogs are the largest Filipino ethnic group. They live in the rolling plains stretching from Bulacan to Bicol, with incidentally, includes present-day Manila, making them the dominant ethnic group politically, educationally, and economically. Most Tagalogs are either professionals, employees, or agriculturalists. The term Tagalog came from the Tagalog words "taga" and "ilog", which means 'from the river'. The ancestors of the Tagalogs came to the Philippines from the island of Borneo about 3000 BC. In Quezon province, the Tagalogs have intermarried with the Bicolano ethnic group. Almost all Tagalogs are Christians.
  • Region: National Capital Region, Bulacan, Bataan, Zambales, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque, and Oriental Mindoro provinces.
  • Language: Tagalog, Filipino, English
• Central Visayans, or Sugboanons are the second largest FIlipino ethnic group. They are one of the most regionalistic and staunch of all Filipino ethnic groups. They live in the eastern half of Negros island, as well as in Cebu and Siquijor islands. Migrations further enlarged the domains of the Central Visayans. Intermarriages between other ethnic groups in the places they migrate gave rise to the various Central Visayan dialects, such as Surigaonon dialect, Davaoeňo dialect, Boholano dialect, Butuanon dialect, and others. In Cebu province, they sing the national anthem in Cebuano, and many official documents are printed bilingually with English and Cebuano. Filipino is barely spoken, as a form of resistance against the legislation that made Tagalog the sole basis of Filipino (which is to be made the official language) since the 1920s. Being islandic in nature, common means of livelihood include fishing. Once the largest ethnic group, the Central Visayans were outnumbered by the Tagalogs in the 1980s. The Cebuanos are predominantly Christians.
  • Region: the Visayan islands all the way from the eastern coast of Negros to Leyte; eastern, northern, and southern coasts of Mindanao.
  • Language: Cebuano, English, Filipino (Cebuanos in Leyte speak Waraynon)
• Ilocanos form the third largest Filipino ethnic group. The Ilocanos came to the Philippines through bilogs or virays, meaning boat. Aside from being referred to as Ilocanos, from "i"-from, and "looc"-bay, they also refer to themselves as Samtoy, from the Ilocano phrase "sao mi ditoy", meaning 'from our language'. Ilocanos are a migratory people. They have been the conquerors of the Cagayan Valley and the Pangasinan Valley during the 18th and the 19th centuries, and Southern Mindanao, during the 20th century. They are characterized as being hardworking and frugal, and they engage primarily in farming and fishing. In 1572, when the Spanish explorer Juan de Salcedo conquered the Ilocos, he described the Ilocanos as being more barbarous than the Tagalogs. The Ilocanos have had commerce with the Chinese for a long time, being near to the Chinese mainland and to Taiwan. Many of them have Chinese blood, and to a lesser extent, Tingguian blood. Virtually all Ilocanos are Christians.
  • Region: Ilocos Provinces, Abra, La Union, Cordillera Autonomous Region, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac, Zambales, Aurora, Oriental Mindoro, and Sultan Kudarat provinces
  • Language: Ilocano, English and Filipino
• Western Visayans, or Hiligaynon peoples are the fourth largest Filipino ethnic group. As with the rest of the Visayans, Spanish cultural influence was very strong here and many Hiligaynons, or Ilonggos as they call themselves, have strong Hispanic cultural characteristic; the Catholic Church, especially, remains a vital part of life here.
  • Region: Coastal plains of Iloilo and Negros Occidental.
  • Language: Hiligaynon (Ilonggo or Ilongo), Cebuano, Filipino, and English
• Bicolanos are the fifth largest Filipino ethnic group. They live in the southwest corner of Luzon. As with the Visayans, their ancestors came to the Philippines about 2000 BC from present-day Sulawesi. Bicolanos are famous in the archipelago for having a cuisine distinct from that of the other Filipino ethnic groups-siling labuyo, or red chillies often spice up the cuisine. In Camarines Norte, the Bicolanos have intermarried with the Tagalogs, and in Sorsogon, the Bicolanos have intermarried with the Eastern Visayans. They engage primarily in farming. Bicolanos profess the Christian faith.
  • Region: Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, and Catanduanes provinces.
  • Language: Bicolano dialects (i.e., Albay Bicolano, Central Bicolano. Pandan Bicolano, etc.), Filipino, English (some also speak Waraynon)
• Eastern Visayans, or Warays are the sixth largest Filipino ethnic group. The Waray people's lands are one of the less developed parts of the country. Due to widespread poverty, many Warays work as servants in Manila for the upper class families. **Region: Samar and eastern coast of Leyte, also in the southern tip of Luzon island.
  • Language: Waraynon, Cebuano, Filipino, English
• Kapampangans are the seventh largest Filipino ethnic group. They live near and around the plains of Central Luzon. There are many people of mixed Kapampangan and American descent in Pampanga due to the presence of the Clark Air Base. The ancestors of the Kapampangans settled first in the island of Sumatra in Indonesia about 4,000 BC before migrating to the island of Luzon using balangha-is. Kapampangans are Christians. The current president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, is of Kapampangan descent.
  • Region: Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija provinces
  • Language: Kapampangan, Filipino, English
• Pangasinenses are the eighth largest Filipino ethnic group. Anthropologically speaking, the Pangasinenses are mountain dwellers of the Cordilleras and are closely akin to the Igorots. Their language is a subdivision of the Benguet languages. The main difference is that Pangasinenses have had long commerce enough with the Sambals, another close tribe, and with the Igorot. Pangasinenses are Christians.
  • Region: Western Pangasinan
  • Language: Pangasinense, Ilocano, Filipino, English
• Maguindanaos are the ninth largest Filipino ethnic group and the largest Filipino Muslim ethnic group. Their culture very much centered in the establishments of housing near waterways, and their primary mode of transportation is the banca. Although Islamic in culture and form, the Maguindanaos still retain many aspects of the traditional culture. Most Maguindanaos have mixed Indonesian blood due to close contacts with Sulawesi and Sabah during the 14th century.
  • Region: Maguindanao, Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat provinces.
  • Language: Magindanao, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Arabic, Filipino
• Maranaos are the tenth largest Filipino ethnic group and the second largest Filipino Muslim ethnic group. Many Maranaos are characterized as having fair complexions, which can be explained by heavy admixtures of Arab blood. They are famous for their artworks, sophisticated weaving patterns, and various wooden and metal craft. The Maranao are not as fierce in their temperament as the other Filipino Muslim ethnic groups, but they also implement the use of Arabic in their educational system and call for the establishment of an independent Islamic state in Mindanao, called Bangsamoro. They are very rich in culture, and royalty is held in high regard among themselves. The Maranaos were never subdued until the 1900s.
  • Region: Lanao del Sur
  • Language: Maranao, Cebuano, Arabic, Filipino
• Tausugs, or Suluks, as they are called in Malaysia, are the eleventh largest Filipino ethnic group and the largest Filipino Muslim ethnic group. The name "tausug" comes from the word "sulu", which means 'people of the current'. Linguistically affiliated with the Visayans, their culture indicates otherwise. During the 14th century, their ancestors, who were in fact, Visayans by race, came from Northeastern Mindanao to their present locations, due to the proliferation of the Chinese trade in the area. The Chinese trade was so successful, that up to the present age, many Tausugs still have Chinese blood, and their royalty are also part-Chinese.
  • Region: Sulu archipelago.
  • Language: Tausug, Cebuano, Arabic, Bahasa Malaysian, Filipino
• Other Filipino minority ethnic groups include the Sambals, Itawes, Yogad, Ibaloi, Ibanag, Gaddang, Igorot, and other Palawan and Mindanao highland tribes.
• Manobos are the twelfth largest Filipino ethnic group.
• Masbatenyos are the thirteenth largest Filipino ethnic group.
• Kankana-eys are the fourteenth largest Filipino ethnic group.
• Capiznons are the fifteenth largest Filipino ethnic group.
• Northwestern Visayans, or Aklanons are the sixteenth largest Filipino ethnic group. They live in the northern shores of the Panay island. Their language, Aklanon, is mutually comprehensible with Ilonggo, albeit with minor difficulties. Like the Western Visayans, they are Roman Catholics.
  • Region: Aklan province
  • Language: Aklanon, Hiligaynon, Filipino, English
• Southwestern Visayans, or Karay-as are the seventeenth largest Filipino ethnic group. The name of their tribe was derived from the word "iraya", which means "upstream". Karay-as live mainly in the western half of the island of Panay, where mountain ranges predominate. They are also called Hantik, hence the name of their province, Antique. Many of them have intermingled with the lowland Hiligaynons. They engage primarily in farming, fishing, and basketry. About half of the Karay-as are Catholics and the other half are Protestants.
  • Region: Antique province
  • Language: Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon, Filipino, English
• Other 100 Ethnic Filipino tribes are scattered around the archipelago, such as the Itawis, Ibaloi, Gaddang, Chavacano, Surigaonon, Romblomanon, among such others.

Formosan, (in Filipino, Pormoso): the ancestors of today's Ivatans, the Taiwanese aboriginal seafarers, came to the Philippines much later than those of the mainstream Filipinos. They speak a language unrelated to Philippine linguistic groups and are slightly different in physiognomy. Their homeland, the Batanes archipelago, has a temperate climate, which explains their difference in stature, physiognomy, and culture. They are closer to the Formosans, or Taiwanese Aborigines, rather than to the mainstream Filipinos. The Y'Ami, inhabitants of Orchid Island of Taiwan, is their closest relative. Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added... As of July 1, 2005, the population of the Philippines is estimated to be 87,857,473. ... Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... Juan de Salcedo (b. ... Ilocano, also Iloko and Ilokano, refers to the language and culture associated with the Ilocano people, the third largest ethnic group in the Philippines. ... Hiligaynon or Ilonggo is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. ... Bicolano or Bikol is an Austronesian language used in the Philippines particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon. ... Wáray-Wáray is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added... The Kapampangan, also called Pampangan, are a people of the Philippines. ... Clark Air Base is a former U.S. Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines. ... Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is a politician and the current (14th) president of the Philippines. ... Kapampangan is one of the languages of the Philippines. ... Igorot is a Tagalog word for mountain people and denotes the inhabitants of the mountains of central Luzon. ... Pangasinán is one of the twelve major languages in the Philippines and is spoken exclusively in the province of Pangasinan, along with Ilocano. ... Ilocano, also Iloko and Ilokano, refers to the language and culture associated with the Ilocano people, the third largest ethnic group in the Philippines. ... Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ... Maranao is the name of the people of Lanao, a predominantly Muslim region in the Philippine island of Mindanao. ... Bangsamoro is the name of the area claimed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the Philippines. ... Tausug is spoken in Sulu province in the Philippines It is a member of the Visayan language family. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... The Ibaloi or Nabaloi is an indigenous ethnic group found in the northern Philippines. ... People The Ibanags are an ethnic minority numbering a little more than half a million people, who inhabit the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. ... Igorot is a Tagalog word for mountain people and denotes the inhabitants of the mountains of central Luzon. ... Aklan is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. ... Antique P is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. ... Hiraya or Kinaray-a, is the mother language of the Western Visayas and it is spoken mainly in Iloilo, Antique and Capiz. ... The Ibaloi or Nabaloi is an indigenous ethnic group found in the northern Philippines. ... Chavacano, (also Chabacano or Zamboangueño), is a Spanish creole spoken in the Philippines. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... Old photo of the people of Orchid Island, near Taiwan published in a Japanese colonial government publication, ca. ...

• Region: Batanes and Babuyan Archipelago
• Language: Ivatan (or Ibatan/Itbayaten), Ilocano, English, Filipino

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Mestizos

Mestizos, (in Filipino, Mestiso or Mistiso): Filipinos of mixed ancestry. They form a tiny but economically and politically important minority. Recent statistics indicate that the combined number of all types of mestizos constitute no more than 2% of the entire Filipino population. Mestizos in the Philippines may be of any race combination or ratio. A recent genetic study by Stanford University, however, indicates that 3.6% of the population has at least some European ancestry. Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the peoples of mixed European and Amerindian racial strain inhabiting the region spanning the Americas, from the Canadian prairies in the... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ...

• Spanish-Mestizo, (in Filipino, Mistisong Kastila or Kastilaloy): a combination of Filipino with either Spanish, Basque, or Mexican. Their features are distinguished by aquiline nose structures, light to dark hair, generally lighter skinned peoples with olive to light brown complexions, and somewhat taller than the average unmixed Filipino. Spanish-mestizos speak Filipino, though English is their primary language. Some, particularly those of the older generation have preserved Spanish as the spoken language of the home. They constitute the great majority of both upper, middle class and rarely intermingle with those outside their ethnic group. A great majority are either in politics or high-ranking executives of commerce and industry. Many can be found in the entertainment industry. Most elite 'Filipino' family dynasties, political families, and the elite clans are Spanish-mestizo. Many Spanish-mestizos and Spaniards living in the Philippine emigrated to either the United States or Spain following World War II and during the Marcos regime.
  • Region: Makati City, Alabang district of Muntinlupa City, Cebu City, Iloilo City, Zamboanga City
  • Language: English, Filipino, other Philippine dialects
• Chinese-Mestizo, (in Filipino, Mistisong Intsik or Tsinoy): a combination of Filipino and Chinese. They are usually light yellowish skinned peoples who possess some epicanthic folds and some pads of fat in their cheekbones, much like Chinese faces. These groups, are successful and prosperous business people. They form part of both the upper, middle and lower classes. Some are also in the entertainment industry. Their primary languages are English, Chinese and Filipino. They number just over 1 million and are most concentrated in Manila (Binondo) and Angeles City in Pampanga province. The Chinese-Mestizos are more closer, in terms of culture, to the Filipinos than to the Chinese.
  • Region: Metro Manila, Bacolod City, Angeles City, Vigan City, Lucena City, Cebu City
  • Language: Filipino, Min Nan, Mandarin, English, other Philippine dialects
• Japanese-Mestizo, (in Filipino, Mistisong Hapon): a combination of Filipino with Japanese or Okinawan. Many are descendants of the Japanese Catholics that fled Japan 300 years ago and are members of the lower class. Because of discrimination encountered, some fled to the mountains after World War II while many others changed their names in the attempts to assimilate. Many were also killed (c. 10,000 Japanese Mestizos and Japanese) while other were deported following World War II as an act of retaliation. Their sense of Japaneseness may take on extremes, some have completely lost their Japanese identity while others have "returned" to Japan, the homeland of their forebears. There is also a number of contemporary Japanese-mestizos, not associated with the history of the earlier established ones, born either in the Philippines or Japan. These latter are the resultant of unions between Filipinos and recent Japanese immigrants to the Philippines or Japanese and immigrant Filipino workers in Japan. Most Japanese-mestizos speak tribal languages and Filipino. There are believed to be between 100,000 and 200,000 Japanese-mestizos in the country, but no accurate figure is currently available. Significant numbers reside in Davao, Laguna, Pampanga and Baguio. They may also be known as Japinos, although this term is considered derogatory by many.
  • Region: Davao, San Pedro town in Laguna, Pampanga, Baguio, and Manila.
  • Language: Filipino, English
• American-Mestizo, (in Filipino, Mistisong Amerikano): a combination of Filipino and American (regardless of race). They are also known as Amerasians. They can be found in the upper class, but also amongst the middle and lower classes as a result of the abandonment of their American fathers upon completion of military service and subsequent withdrawal of US forces. Their physiognomy and facial features are much like the Spanish-mestizos, for those whose American ancestry was Caucasian or Latino/Hispanic-American. The number of American-mestizos is thought to be between 20,000 and 30,000. Most speak Filipino and English. The majority are to be found in Angeles City, which has the largest proportion of Amerasians in the Philippines. [1]
  • Region: Angeles City, Olongapo City, and Metro Manila.
  • Language: English, Filipino, other Philippine dialects
• Other types of mestizos from unions of Filipinos with other nationalities may also exist, including such mixes as Filipino-British, Filipino-Arab, Filipino-Vietnamese, Filipino-Korean, Filipino-Italian, Filipino-Polish, etc. Together they account for less than 25,000, but are nonetheless disproportionately over-represented in the entertainment industry.

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Foreign minorities

Foreign minorities in the Philippines are estimated to account for a combined 3% of the population. Some are recent immigrants and their Philippine-born children, but most have long-spanning histories in the country as independent communities. Most have assimilated much of the mainstream ethnic Filipino culture, and harbour a shared loyalty to both their Filipino nationality and independent community identity and continuity.

• Chinese, (in Filipino, Intsik): the Chinese are the most significant minority in the Philippines. Although often regarded by Filipinos as outsiders or banyaga, many attest to the claim that 50% of all Filipinos have some traces of Chinese blood in their veins. Perceived as elitists and branded as rich by almost all Filipinos, there still exist poor Chinese, especially among the recent immigrants. Up to this day, the Chinese have their hands on 75% on all daily business transactions, which has lead to resentment by many Filipinos. The Chinese generally perceive their culture to be superior due to its long history. Although the Chinese has advocated endogamy within the Chinese population for years, there exists a significant Chinese-Mestizo group in the country.
  • Min Nan (閩南人), (in Filipino, Hokienes): the Min Nans, or more commonly called Fukienese or Amoy, comprise 90% of the Chinese population in the Philippines. The majority of Min Nans are rich, although there are some who live in delapidated apartments in Manila due to lack of money. The Min Nans are the most ethnocentric of all Chinese groups, but also the most exogamous. The Min Nans established schools that teaches Chinese history and various aspects of Chinese education, such as their languages.
    • Region: Metro Manila, as well as in other major Philippine cities
    • Language: Lan-nang (Philippine variant of Min Nan, Mandarin, Filipino, English, other Philippine dialects
  • Yueh (廣東人), (in Filipino, Kantones): the Yuehs, or usually termed Cantonese, comprise about 9% of the Chinese population in the Philippines. Although many Cantonese are rich, many of them still reside in ghettoes. They are also looked down by the Min Nans because the Cantonese are one of the first Chinese groups to accept Western Rule and Assimilation. Many Cantonese in the Philippines have some degree of Portuguese or British blood, as many of them came from Macau and Hong Kong, respectively.
    • Region: Metro Manila
    • Language: Yueh, Lan Nang, Mandarin, Filipino, English, other Philippine dialects
• Spaniards, (in Filipino, Kastila): there are approximately 17,000 descendants of Spanish colonists living in the Philippines, 7,000 of those are Basques. The majority are integrated into the Spanish-mestizo upper levels of Filipino society.
  • Region: Makati City and Alabang district of Muntinlupa City.
  • Language: Spanish, English, Filipino, other Philippine dialects
• Americans, (in Filipino, Amerikano): the Americans who settled in the Philippines are overwhelmingly White, but there are also few Blacks who have intermarried with the Filipinos. Most of them are either resident businessmen, expatriate businessmen, or missionaries. They number 110,000 in Manila alone, excluding temporary embassy officials and U.S. Military personnel.
  • Region: Metro Manila, Angeles City, Olongapo City, Baguio City
  • Language: English
• Europeans, (in Filipino, Europeo): aside from Spaniards who are tallied seperately above, there are other recent European immigrants who have settled, as well as a few who have arrived since the 16th century. Among them, the largest nationalities accounted for are Britons, Italians, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Polish and German. They are for the most part businessmen and businesswomen. Many are also missionaries.
  • Region: Metro Manila, Baguio City, Benguet, and Cavite
  • Language: Various European languages, English
• South Asians, (in Filipino, Bumbay): they are mainly Sindhi, Punjabi, Pakistani, and Marathi, and are mostly merchants and belong primarily to the middle class. There are approximately 30,000 of them, and half of them are Sindhis who left India after the British partitioned India and the other half are the Sikhs whom many of whom have traditionally been rural money-lenders. The Sindhi businessmen are often part of Manila’s rich elite. Most speak Filipino, Punjabi or Sindhi, and English. The Marathi who live in the Philippines are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic clergymen and women who are taking advaned studies in the Philippines. Most Marathis are natives of Goa.
  • Region: Metro Manila
  • Language: Sindhi (or Punjabi/Marathi)), Filipino, English
• Arabs, (in Filipino, Arabo): there are approximately 31,000 Arabs in the Philippines and they speak Arabic and Tagalog. Among these are both Christian and Muslim Arabs. Among the Muslim Arabs, many have intermixed and been thoroughly integrated and assimilated into the Filipino Muslim community. The royal family of the Sultanates of Sulu has long claimed through a family line, or tarsila, their descendance from the prophet Muhammad.
  • Region: Metro Manila, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
  • Language: Arabic dialects (mostly Levantine Arabic and Standard Arabic), Mindanaoan dialects, many Arabs can speak French and/or Malaysian and Indonesian
• Japanese and Okinawan, (in Filipino, Hapones): the Japanese people came to the Philippines during the 14th century. Many of them have either intermarried with the Filipinos or are deported back to Japan. Exiled Japanese Christians, led by the Christian Samurai Takayama Ukon, settled in Dilao, Paco in 1614 during the Spanish colonial period. However, suspicions of the Spaniards regarding the pure Japanese led to their expulsion just before the British occupied Manila. The present unmixed Japanese population are mostly expatriates doing business in the Philippines. A large number in the order of tens of thousands have settled in Davao City. After the war, a great majority of Japanese changed their names to typical Filipino names.
  • Region: Metro Manila, Laguna, Angeles City, OLongapo City, Davao City
  • Language: Japanese (or Okinawan), English
• Koreans, (in Filipino, Koreyano): Koreans form a very tiny minority in the general population. Also, the vast majority of Koreans are only transitional and seasonal residents. Many of them are Koreans in the collegiate level studying in the Philippines.
  • Region: Metro Manila
  • Language: Korean, English
• Indonesians, (in Filipino, Indones): most Indonesians in the Philippines are of Javanese descent. Indonesians are often stereotyped as 'terrorists', although the vast majority of them are people with good intentions who came to the Philippines to contribute to the enrichment of Islam in the country. Some are also students, but many enter illegally. Also included in the Indonesian cateogory are the Sangir, situated in the Sarangani islands. The Sangir are descendants of those members of Sulawesi tribes from Sangihe island who have ventured far into the Davao Gulf and have stayed there. Indonesians are physically indistinguishable from ethnic Filipinos.
  • Region: Concentrated mostly in the southern part of Mindanao
  • Language: Javanese (or Sangir), various southern Philippine dialects, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian
• Malaysians, (in Filipino, Malayo): Most Malaysians residing in the Philippines are business expatriates and live in exclusive clusters in Metro Manila. Bornean Malaysians, which pertain to persons from any tribe in the Malaysian state of Sabah are widespread in southern Mindanao and in the Sulu Archipelago. Many Bornean Malaysians have completely resided in the Philippines, such is the case of the Badjao tribe, originally a tribe from Sabah, who has permanently settled in the waters of the Philippines. Malaysians are physically indistinguishable from ethnic Filipinos.
• Vietnamese, (in Filipino, Biyetnamito): the Vietnamese in the Philippines fall under two general categories: those who married American military personnel during the Vietnam War and were provided safe lodging and transport in the Philippines, or those who are part of the thousand or more Vietnam Boat Refugees. Inasmuch as many American military personnel in the Philippines have brought their Vietnamese wives and their children with them, some have stayed and have integrated into the Filipino culture. In the case of the boat refugees, many are also granted safe pass to the United States, but those who declined were put into refugee centers. Most of them are well-integrated into the Filipino community as well. Tensions between the Filipinos and Vietnamese escalated on March 1996, when the Philippines allegedly started deportation by force. Repatriation was hindered through the interference of the Roman Catholic Church. On March 2005, a petition was approved by the Canadian government to give shelter to the remaining Vietnamese Boat People in the Philippines.
  • Region: Vietville in northern Palawan province and in Bataan province
  • Language: Southern Vietnamese, English