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The Ati are a Negrito ethnic group in the Visayas, the central portion of the Philippine archipelago. Their small numbers are principally concentrated in the islands of Boracay, Panay and Negros. They are genetically related to other Negrito ethnic groups in the Philippines such as the Aeta of Luzon, the Batak of Palawan, and the Mamanwa of ...
Filipinos form a minority ethnic group in the Americas, Europe, Oceania, [210] [211] the Middle East, and other regions of the world. There are an estimated four million Americans of Filipino ancestry in the United States, and more than 300,000 American citizens in the Philippines. [ 212 ]
Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since ...
Related ethnic groups Other Filipino ethnic groups , other Austronesian peoples The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines , particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province of southern Luzon , and comprise the majority in the provinces of Bulacan , Bataan , Nueva Ecija , Aurora ...
South American diaspora in the Philippines (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in the Philippines" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The following article lists sovereign states, dependent territories and some quasi-states according to their proportional ethnic population composition. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries.
According to the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino, there are 135 ethnic languages in the Philippine archipelago, each spoken by the respective ethno-linguistic group, except for the national Filipino language which is spoken by all 134 ethno-linguistic groups in the country. Most of the languages have several varieties (dialects), totaling over 300 ...
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.