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Pinoy (/ p ɪ ˈ n ɔɪ / or / p iː ˈ n ɔɪ / [1] Tagalog:) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. [2] [page needed] [3] A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy.
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.
from gapang, a Tagalog word which means "crawl." General Santos: none: Paulino Santos, Filipino Commanding General of the Philippine Army. General Trias: Cavite: Mariano Trías, Filipino revolutionary and politician. Gingoog: Misamis Oriental: Hispanicized form of hingoog, a Manobo word which means "good luck." Guihulngan: Negros Oriental
Hispanicized form of the Bagobo word dabo, meaning "to fall", [41] alluding to the drop in elevation the river that now bears the name undergoes on its way from the slopes of Mount Apo to the sea. A related word in the neighboring Obo language, davoh, means "beyond the high grounds" (i.e., the lowland). [42]
The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin.
Philippine nationality law is currently based upon the principle of jus sanguinis and, therefore, descent from a parent who is a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines is the primary method of acquiring national citizenship. Birth in the Philippines to foreign parents does not in itself confer Philippine citizenship, although RA9139, the ...
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The Commission on the Filipino Language and National Artist, Virgilio S. Almario urged the usage of Filipinas as the country's official name to reflect its origin and history, [12] and to be inclusive of all languages in the country of which phonologies contain /f/, represented by the grapheme F in the present-day Philippine alphabet. [13]