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The pre-colonial native Filipino script called baybayin was derived from the Brahmic scripts of India and first recorded in the 16th century. [13] According to Jocano, 336 loanwords in Filipino were identified by Professor Juan R. Francisco to be Sanskrit in origin, "with 150 of them identified as the origin of some major Philippine terms."
Mangubat (Spanish: Guerrear); [4] is a Hispanic Filipino surname of Mactan Island origin which means " TO WAGE WAR " [5] [6] [7] in Cebuano language.. It belongs to a noble lineage according to Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent [8] the Cronista Rey de Armas of the Kingdom of Spain, and the last King of Arms appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Justice.
Otherwise known as Itineg, meaning "people living near the Tineg River" (exonyms: Tinguian, Tinguianes, Itinek, Mandaya, Tingian), they are an Austronesian ethnic group from the upland provinces of Abra and Ilocos Sur in northwestern Luzon, Philippines. The native Itneg language is a South-Central Cordilleran dialect
The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, CHV: Hmôngz, Nyiakeng Puachue: ππ©π°, Pahawh Hmong: π¬π¬£π¬΅, IPA:, Chinese: θζθδΊΊ) are an indigenous group in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people .
Philippine English also borrows words from Philippine languages, especially native plant and animal names (e.g. ampalaya and balimbing), and cultural concepts with no exact English equivalents such as kilig and bayanihan. Some borrowings from Philippine languages have entered mainstream English, such as abaca and ylang-ylang.
He was known as the "enfant terrible of Philippine art" in the 1960s, and his good looks and writings dubbed him the Byron of Philippine literature. Hidilyn Diaz [11] (born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino weightlifter. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and was also the youngest competitor in the women's 58-kg category in that same ...
Rafael Crame, sixth chief of the Philippine Constabulary and the first Filipino to hold the position. [5] Caniogan: Pasig: Filipino word for "a place where coconut grows." Carmona: Makati: Isidro Carmona, Filipino soldier during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War. [10] Cembo and South Cembo: Taguig: Acronym for "Central ...
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) [50] are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are Catholic [51] and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.