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  2. Filipinos of Malay descent - Wikipedia

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    Although the modern Philippines does not have a huge majority or minority of Ethnic Malays today, (Filipinos who identified as Ethnic Malay make up 0.2% of the total population), the descendants of Ethnic Malays have been assimilated into the wider related Austronesian Filipino culture, characterized by Chinese and Spanish influence, and Roman ...

  3. Languages of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Filipino has borrowings from, among other languages, Spanish, [32] English, [33] Arabic, [34] Persian, Sanskrit, [35] Malay, [36] Chinese, [37] [38] Japanese, [39] and Nahuatl. [40] Filipino is an official language of education, but less important than English as a language of publication (except in some domains, like comic books ) and less ...

  4. Malay language in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Malay is related to the native languages of the Philippines, both being Austronesian languages. Many words in the Tagalog and various Visayan languages are derived from Old Malay. Although the history of Malay influence in Philippine history is a subject of conversation, no attempts have been made to ever promote Malay or even Spanish.

  5. Chavacano - Wikipedia

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    Chavacano or Chabacano (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaβaˈkano]) is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines.The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers.

  6. Many Filipinos claim to have Spanish ancestry. These ... - AOL

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    Filipino creators on TikTok are addressing the inclination of many Filipinos on social media and beyond to declare that they have “Spanish ancestry,” seemingly prioritizing possible European ...

  7. Comedy in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    However, the Spanish outlawed the practices to prevent the rise of anti-Spanish propaganda and revolts. The only record of Filipino ritual comedy is from Legazpi's sailor, "Roque", written in his diary: Many of the Indians who watch the ritual, laugh so loud that they enjoy and love the ritual so much unlike our European counterpart of ritual.

  8. List of loanwords in the Tagalog language - Wikipedia

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    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. As the aforementioned analysis ...

  9. Filipino styles and honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Malay titles are still used by the royal houses of Sulu, Maguindanao, Maranao and Iranun on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. In the Spanish colonial era, Philip II of Spain decreed that the nobility in the Philippine islands should retain their pre-hispanic honours and privileges.