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Filipinos
From left to right: An Ayta man, President Corazon Aquino, Bagobo chieftain Datu Attos, Muslim women's rights activist Yasmin Busran-Lao, President Sergio Osmeña, and actor Cesar Montano.
Total population
Philippines      91,077,287 (2007) [1] Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Aeta, or Atis, are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of the Philippines. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections Chairman: Resurreccion Z. Borra 2013 | 2010 | 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1987 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Government Website Human rights Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The President of the... Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known as Cory Aquino, was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. ... Islam is one of the oldest organized religions to be established in the Philippines. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections Chairman: Resurreccion Z. Borra 2013 | 2010 | 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1987 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Government Website Human rights Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The President of the... Sergio Osmeña (September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961) was the second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ... Cesar Manhilot, known by his popular screen name Cesar Montano, is a multi-awarded Filipino actor and film director. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ...
Regions with significant populations
Significant overseas populations Note: No data available on number of Filipino descendants in Southeast Asia-Pacific, Latin America, China and Spain  United States 4,000,000 (2007) [USA]  Saudi Arabia 800,000 (2005) [SAU]  Malaysia 352,650 (2004) [2]  Canada 327,550 (2003) [CAN]  Japan 300,000 (2004) [JPN]  UAE 250,000 (2003) [ARE]  United Kingdom 200,000 (2007) [3]  Taiwan 158,116 (2003) [TWN]  Italy 200,000 [ITA]  Singapore 136,489 (2004) [2]  Hong Kong 130,810 (2005) [HKG]  Australia 129,400 (2007) [AUS]  Kuwait 91,789 (2004) [2]  Ireland 3,900 (2005) [IRL]  Indonesia 68,000 (2005) [citation needed]  Qatar 58,358 (2004) [2]  Germany 55,628 (2004) [2]  Guam 45,600 (2007) [GWM]  South Korea 41,000 (2004) [ROK]  Israel 37,155-50,000(2004) [2][4][5]  Bahrain 36,718 (2004) [2]  France 32,085 (2004) [2]  Lebanon 30,000 (2006) [LBN]  Austria 25,973 (2004) [2]  Spain 25,292 (2004) [2]  Greece 25,146 (2004) [2]  Macau 18,447 (2004) [2]  New Zealand 16,938 (2006) [NZL]  Sweden 5,186 (2004) [6]  Norway 9,482 (2007) [7]
Language(s)
Filipino, Bikol, Cebuano, English, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray-Waray, and over 100 others
Religion(s)
Predominantly Roman Catholic Various smaller Christian denominations Significant Muslim minority, Buddhist, others
Related ethnic groups
Dayak, Indonesian, Malaysian, and all Non-Muslim Indo-Malays

Filipinos are the citizens of the Philippines, located in Southeast Asia. The term (feminine: Filipina) may also refer to people of Philippine descent, regardless of citizenship (i.e. Chinese Filipinos, Filipino Americans, British Filipinos, Canadians of Filipino descent, etc.). Languages Filipino, Ilocano, Tagalog, Tausug, Visayan languages, other Philippine languages, English Religions Predominantly Catholic; Protestantism; Islam; Nonreligious Related ethnic groups Filipino people, Filipino American, Filipino Canadian, Filipino Australian, Filipino British, Filipino Hong Konger An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... 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To view the Ilokano edition of this Wikipedia article, select from the in other languages Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Pangasinan language (Pangasinan: salitan Pangasinan; Spanish: idioma pangasinense) belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Tausug is spoken in Sulu province in the Philippines. ... Wáray-Wáray or Waráy (commonly spelled as Waray; also referred to as Winaray or L(in)eyte-Samarnon) is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines. ... There are over 170 languages in the Philippines; almost all of them belong to the Austronesian language family. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... 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Throughout the colonial era, the term "Filipino" originally referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines, also known as insulares, criollos or español filipino. This distinguished them from Spaniards born in Europe who were known as peninsulares. By the mid to late nineteenth century, however, the term "Filipino" had begun to refer to the indigenous population of the Philippines. According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, José Rizal was the first to call the native inhabitants "Filipinos". Today, Filipino is also used to signify the nationality and citizenship of one who is from the Philippines. This means that Filipino now may refer not only to the indigenous Austronesian majority, but also to those of other ethnic origins, such as American, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, and Spanish Filipinos. The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar. ... Ambeth R. Ocampo is a historian, academic, author best known for his column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Looking Back. ... For places, institutions and objects named after this person, see Rizal (disambiguation). ... Philippine nationality law is currently based upon the principles of Jus sanguinis. ... Filipinos of American descent constitute of Philippine citizens of American descent, regardless of ethnic or racial affiliation and including but not limited to mestizos. ... ... South Asians in the Philippines are Philippine citizens of Indian descent and South Asian citizens living in Philippines. ... Filipinos of Japanese descent constitute a Philippine ethnic group of Japanese descent, including, but not limited to, mestizos. ... Filipinos of Spanish descent are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Spanish ancestry. ...

Colloquially, Filipinos may refer to themselves as Pinoy (feminine: Pinay), which is formed by taking the last four letters of Pilipino and adding the diminutive suffix -y. The word was coined by expatriate Filipino Americans during the 1920s and was later adopted by Filipinos in the Philippines. A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. ... Look up affix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In 1998, Benjamin J. Cayetano became the first Filipino American (and second Asian American after Governor George R. Ariyoshi) to be elected state Governor of the United States. ...

In various Philippine languages, Filipino is translated to Pilipino. The use of /p/ is used since many lack /f/ as a phoneme. There are over 170 languages in the Philippines; almost all of them belong to the Austronesian language family. ... In human language, a phoneme is the theoretical representation of a sound. ...

History

Main article: History of the Philippines

American anthropologist H. Otley Beyer was the first to propose that Malays who came from Malaysia populated the Philippines in a handful of waves of migration. However, most contemporary anthropologists, linguists (Blust, Reid, Ross, Pawley), and archaeologists (Bellwood) propose the opposite to be true. The vast majority of Filipinos are said to be descended from Austronesian-speaking migrants who arrived in what is now the Philippines from Southern China and Taiwan during the Iron Age. The history of the Philippines is believed to have begun with the arrival of the first humans via land bridges at least 30,000 years ago. ... Henry Otley Beyer (July 13, 1883-1966) was an American anthropologist, who spent most of his adult life in the Philippines teaching Filipinos and other scholars about Philippine indigenous culture. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Austronesian people are a population group in Oceania and Southeast Asia who speak or had ancestors who spoke one of the Austronesian languages. ... 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). ...

Filipinos are sometimes said to be part of a "Malay race"; however, modern anthropologists contend that the classification has little taxonomic validity. The Malay race was a term coined in 1795 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach to refer to the brown-skinned inhabitants of the Indian (Malay) archipelago, Oceania, Melanesia, and Australia. It was one of five other categories which Blumenbach created for classifying humans, including what he called the black race and the yellow race. Since then, anthropologists have debunked this concept, citing the complexities of human races being unable to fit into a handful of oversimplified categories. Genetically, there are no distinct units of human population and all human beings are genetically related. ^[8] The concept of a Malay race was proposed by the German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840). ... This is about the social science. ... Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (May 11, 1752 - January 22, 1840) was a German physiologist and anthropologist. ... For other uses, see Race. ...

The term Malay is also considered misleading because it gives the impression that the route for the populating of the Philippines was via Malaysia. Current theory holds instead that the Malays who inhabit the rest of the Malay Archipelago and mainland Malaysia are the descendants of Austronesian-speaking immigrants who first went to the Philippines. Then those Austronesian-speaking immigrants ventured further south to what are now Malaysia, Indonesia, and East Timor, as well as to the other Pacific Islands. World map depicting Malay Archipelago The Malay Archipelago is a vast archipelago located between mainland Southeastern Asia (Indochina) and Australia. ... Tuamotu, French Polynesia The Pacific Ocean contains an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands (the exact number has yet to be precisely determined). ...

The earliest aboriginal inhabitants of the Philippines are known as the Negrito groups. Their ancestors arrived thousands of years prior to the Austronesian-speaking migrants. Their descendants, the Aetas, constitute a very small minority of the population. Ati woman Negrito refers a dwindling ethnic group which is now restricted to parts of Southeast Asia. ... The Aeta are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of the Philippines. ...

Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards in 1521, the Philippines was not united as a single nation. Instead, the inhabitants were essentially divided into ethnolinguistic tribal states, or barangays, with some acquiring cultural sophistication, including caste systems (Maharlika). Ethnolinguistics is a field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a particular ethnic group. ... Datu or datto is the title for ancient tribal chieftains and monarchs in pre-Hispanic Philippines. ... A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ... Central New York City. ... The word Caste is derived from the Portuguese word casta, meaning lineage, breed or race. ... A Spanish mestizo family belonging to the Principalía. ...

By the mid-to-late sixteenth century, the archipelago was included in the Spanish East Indies. The Spaniards called the islands Filipinas (Philippines) in honor of King Philip II of Spain. During the 333 years of Spanish rule, through New Spain (Mexico), the term Filipino referred to the Spaniards who were born in the archipelago. Flag A map of the Spanish East Indies Capital Manila (Cebu until 1595, Bacolor 1762-1763, Iloilo 1898) Language(s) Spanish Religion Roman Catholicism Political structure Colony Monarch  - 1565-1598 Philip II  - 1896-1898 Alfonso XIII Governor-General  - 1565-1572 Miguel López de Legazpi  - 1898 Diego de los R... Philip II (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, King of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England (as husband of Mary I) from 1554 to 1558, Lord of the Seventeen Provinces (holding various titles for the individual territories... map of New Spain in red, with territories claimed but not controlled in orange. ...

Indigenous Filipinos were usually referred to as "indios". This was a result of Spaniards misnaming indigenous peoples of the Americas when they first reached that continent and believed they had arrived in India. By the time the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines, they used the term "indio" as synonymous with "indigenous". On a more sombre note, the connotation of "indio" would have far-reaching consequences; racism being the largest. Filipinos were often colletively scorned and called, of course, "indios", and after the larger revolutionary movements came into the scene, "filibusteros" and, "subersibo". "Indio" became not only a brutal essentialism, but was also developed into a full-blown discursive construct, which often produced stereotypes. And thus, even after Filipinos were able to prove that they were not ignorant savages, the Propagandists in Spain (Rizal, etc.) were still collectively scorned because of their brown skin. From a stereotype, the term had been assimilated by dominant ideology, and the signified was now the target of systematic exclusionary practices. For other uses, see Native Americans (disambiguation). ...

Following the revolution, the Spanish-American War in 1898, and the Philippine-American War, the native indios were left searching for a national identity. The native revolutionaries then known by themselves as tagalogs (and their nation as Katagalugan, pertaining to the whole archipelago), called themselves Filipinos, taking ownership of the term earlier used by the Philippine-born Spaniards. General Emilio Aguinaldo was among the first to apply "Filipino" as the national designation for the indigenous inhabitants of the Philippines, as well as all other persons born in the country. This act was intended to help unite the population and establish nationalism in the 1900s against the U.S. presence and occupation of the islands. The term indio, however, was still being used well into the mid-part of the twentieth century, as evidenced by Roman Catholic baptismal records. Combatants United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Kingdom of Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Ramón Blanco Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and... Belligerents United States First Philippine Republic several groups post-1902 Commanders William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Emilio Aguinaldo Miguel Malvar Pio del Pilar Manuel Tinio Gregorio del Pilar† Licerio Geronimo Vicente Lukban Juan Cailles Maximino Hizon several unofficial leaders post-1902 Strength 126,000 soldiers First Philippine Republic: 80,000 soldiers... Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... This article is about the Christian religious act of Baptism. ...

Ancestry

Some genetic studies, based upon very small samples of the population, have begun to provide clues to the origins of Filipino people. Much remains to be learned by larger studies of valid statistical significance about the ancestry of the various Austronesian Philippine ethnic groups. A sample is that part of a population which is actually observed. ... In statistics, a result is significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance, given that a presumed null hypothesis is true. ...

A Stanford University study conducted during 2001 revealed that Y-chromosome Haplogroup O3-M122 (labeled as "Haplogroup L" in this study) predominates among Filipino males. This particular haplogroup is also predominant among Chinese and Korean males. That finding is consistent with the theory that people migrated from China south into the Philippines. Stanford redirects here. ... In human genetics, Haplogroup O3 (M122) is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. ...

Another haplogroup, Haplogroup O1a-M119 (labeled as "Haplogroup H" in this study), is also found among Filipinos. The rates of Haplogroup O1a are highest among the Taiwanese Aborigines. Overall, the genetic frequencies found among Filipinos points to the Ami tribe of Taiwan as their nearest genetic relative.^[9] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Total population 2006: 458,000 (CIP 2006) 2004: 454,600 (CIP 2004) Homelands in Taiwan Mountainous terrain running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island Narrow eastern plains Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ) Languages 14 living Formosan languages. ... Total population 2006: 458,000 [4] 2004: 454,600 [5] Homelands in Taiwan Mountainous terrain running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island Narrow eastern plains Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ) Languages 14 living Formosan languages. ...

A 2002 China Medical University study indicated that certain Filipinos shared a particular gene marker that is also found among Taiwanese aborigines and Indonesians.^[10] China Medical University (中國醫藥大學) was founded in 1958 as China Medical College (中國醫藥學院). In 2003, the institution renamed itself to its present name. ...

A 2003 University of the Philippines study based on 50 participants each from the islands of Luzon and Cebu provided some insight into the various places of origin of early Filipinos. Some rare genetic markers were found which are shared by people from parts of Asia.^[11] The Oblation UP Diliman, the flagship campus of the U.P. System UP Baguio UP Extension Program in Pampanga Temporary Campus UP Los Baños UP Manila This article is about the University of the Philippines System. ...

Cultural spectrum

Main articles: Culture of the Philippines and Religion in the Philippines

Filipino culture is primarily based on the cultures of various native tribes, plus influences from Spain and Mexico, as well as China and India. The customs and traditions of the Roman Catholic faith are Spain's lasting legacy. As Christianity is syncretic, Filipinos incorporated tribal traditions through time and created their own form of religious practice. The culture of the Philippines reflects the complexity of the History of the Philippines through the blending of pre-Hispanic indigenous Austronesian civilizations and the culture of Spain, imparted during Spains 377 year colonial rule of the islands. ... There are a number of religions that exist in the Philippines. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ...

Unlike its Muslim majority neighbors, Malaysia and Indonesia, the Philippines is an overwhelmingly Christian country. As a result of Spanish colonization and evangelization spanning three centuries, most contemporary Filipinos, regardless of native ethnic group, are Christians. More than 83% are Roman Catholic, and others follow various smaller Christian denominations. For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      A denomination...

A significant minority of Filipinos (the majority in Mindanao and most of the Sulu Archipelago) are Muslim. Filipino Muslims constitute 5% of the population.^[12] While the rest of the population confess to Buddhism mostly (2.5%), Hinduism and others, accounting for 3% of the population.^{[citation needed]} Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. ... Sulu Archipelago is an island chain in the southwest Philippines. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Filipino Muslims form the largest non-Christian group in the country, comprising 5 % of the total Philippine population as of 2005. ... Buddhism is a variety of teachings described as a religion[1] or way of life. ... Hinduism is a religious tradition[1] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ...

Languages

Main article: Languages of the Philippines

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According to Ethnologue, there are more than 170 languages spoken in the country. Although Filipino and English are used as the national lingua franca, many other major regional languages serve as working languages where English or Filipino is not as entrenched. Ilokano, for example, is widely spoken as a second language in Northern Luzon. The Cebuano is considered the lingua franca of Visayas and Mindanao. Filipino, the national language, is heavily based on Tagalog, with only minor contributions from other dialects in the country. There are over 170 languages in the Philippines; almost all of them belong to the Austronesian language family. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ... To view the Ilokano edition of this Wikipedia article, select from the in other languages Ilokano (variants: Ilocano, Iluko, Iloco, and Iloko) is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Cebuano, also known as Sinugboanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20,000,000 people (according to Ethnologue). ... A national language is a language (or language variant, i. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ...

The Filipino language is ever expanding, assimilating terminologies from various sources both national and foreign. For instance, terms used only by, say, the Bisaya (from southern Bicol, the Visayas island group, and north Mindanao) which were not generally used 20 years ago have become part of the everyday Filipino lexicon.

Other major languages include Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Bikol, Pangasinan, Tausug, Maguindanao, Maranao, Chabacano, Kinaray-a and many others. Hiligaynon language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Hiligaynon (or Ilonggo) is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. ... Wáray-Wáray or Waráy (commonly spelled as Waray; also referred to as Winaray or L(in)eyte-Samarnon) is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bicolano or Bikol is an Austronesian language used in the Philippines particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon. ... The Pangasinan language (Pangasinan: salitan Pangasinan; Spanish: idioma pangasinense) belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family. ... Tausug is spoken in Sulu province in the Philippines. ... Maguindanao is an Austronesian language spoken in the provinces of Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Zamboanga del Sur in the Philippines. ... Maranao is an Austronesian language spoken in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur in the Philippines. ... Chabacano, (also Chavacano), is a Spanish creole spoken in the Philippines. ... Kinaray-a is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in the Antique Province in the Philippines. ...

Diaspora

Main article: Overseas Filipino

Filipinos form the largest ethnic group in the Northern Marianas Islands, the second largest in both Palau and Guam, and the second largest Asian American group in the United States. They also form significant minorities in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Israel, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Spain, France and Germany. Languages Filipino, Ilocano, Tagalog, Tausug, Visayan languages, other Philippine languages, English Religions Predominantly Catholic; Protestantism; Islam; Nonreligious Related ethnic groups Filipino people, Filipino American, Filipino Canadian, Filipino Australian, Filipino British, Filipino Hong Konger An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. ... The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a commonwealth in political union with the United States of America at a strategic location in the West Pacific Ocean. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

Filipinos in the Americas

The arrival of Filipinos in the Americas began during the Spanish colonial era. At that time, many Filipino men were hired as sailors to man ships bound for the "New World". Upon arrival, many sailors mutinied, others settled there after marrying locals.

However, Filipino migration only began in the mid-1800s, beginning with the United States. In 1903, "pensionados" arrived there as students in colleges and universities. Starting in 1906, Filipinos were hired as laborers for plantations, farms, salmon canneries, and the like. In the post-World War II era, Filipino nurses and other health care workers began immigrating. Filipinas comprise a large portion of women who come to the U.S. via international marriage agencies^[13]. An international marriage agency is a business that endeavors to introduce men and women of different countries for the purpose of marriage. ...

There is also a significant population of Filipinos in Canada.

Filipinos in Oceania

Filipinos have been settled in the islands of Oceania, particularly in Micronesia. Also, the vast majority of Filipino exiled patriots were sent to Oceania. As a result, they now form the largest ethnic group in the Northern Marianas Islands, as well as the second largest in both Palau and Guam. For other uses, see Oceania (disambiguation). ... The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a commonwealth in political union with the United States of America at a strategic location in the West Pacific Ocean. ...

Subsequent immigrations of Filipinos also ensued. To this day, about five in ten Northern Marianas islanders have a direct Filipino ancestor.

See also

Tagalog can mean: The Tagalog language, the most widely-spoken of the Philippine languages. ... Filipino Mestizo is a term used in the Philippines, to designate Filipinos of mixed Native Filipino (Austronesian or Malay), and foreign ancestry. ... A Chinese Filipino (Simplified Chinese: 华菲; Traditional Chinese: 華菲; Hanyu Pinyin: Huáfēi; Hokkien: Huǎhūi; Cantonese: Waafei; Tagalog/Filipino: Tsinoy (pronounced ʧɪnɔj) derived from two words: Tsino (meaning Chinese) and Pinoy (the slang word for Filipino) is a person with Chinese blood born in the Philippines. ... Filipinos of Japanese descent constitute a Philippine ethnic group of Japanese descent, including, but not limited to, mestizos. ... Filipinos of Spanish descent are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Spanish ancestry. ... According to recent survey, the number of South Asians in the Philippines are approximately 32,500 people. ... █ Bangsamoro territory under Moro control █ Historical extent This article deals with the land claimed by the Moro 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. ... Languages Filipino, Ilocano, Tagalog, Tausug, Visayan languages, other Philippine languages, English Religions Predominantly Catholic; Protestantism; Islam; Nonreligious Related ethnic groups Filipino people, Filipino American, Filipino Canadian, Filipino Australian, Filipino British, Filipino Hong Konger An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. ... In 1998, Benjamin J. Cayetano became the first Filipino American (and second Asian American after Governor George R. Ariyoshi) to be elected state Governor of the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... British Filipinos are British citizens or immigrants who are of Filipino ancestry. ... Filipino Canadians are typically of South-East Asian descent who trace their ancestry to the Philippines or Filipino people. ... There are on average around 140,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, of whom most find work as foreign domestic helpers. ... Philippine nationality law is currently based upon the principles of Jus sanguinis. ... Pinoy is a demonym used by Filipinos for their compatriots in the Philippines and around the world. ... (c. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gay rights in the Philippines. ...

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