Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino)[42] are the people who are native
to or citizens of the country of the Philippines. Filipinos come from
various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups. Currently, there are more
than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own
language, identity, culture and history. The number of individual
languages listed for Philippines is 185. Of these, 183 are living and
2 are extinct. Of the living languages, 175 are indigenous and 8 are
non-indigenous. Furthermore, as of 2019[update], 39 are institutional,
67 are developing, 38 are vigorous, 28 are endangered, and 11 are
dying.[43][verification needed]The name Filipino was derived from the
term las Islas Filipinas ("the Philippine Islands"),[44] the name
given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican
priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honour of Philip II of Spain
(Spanish: Felipe II).During the Spanish colonial period the term
Filipino was used for the Spaniards born in the archipelago,[45]
especially when it was necessary to distinguish the indios of the
Philippines from the indios of the Spanish colonies in the New
World.[46] In the latter half of the 19th century, an educated class
of indios arose whose writings are credited with building Philippine
nationalism. These writings are also credited with transforming the
term Filipino from a reference to Spaniards born in the Philippines to
refer to everyone born in the Philippines.[47] The usage of the word
Filipino to refer to the natives in many Spanish-era works and
writings, such as in the Relación de las Islas Filipinas (1604) of
Pedro Chirino, in which he wrote chapters entitled "Of the civilities,
terms of courtesy, and good breeding among the Filipinos" (Chapter
XVI), "Of the Letters of the Filipinos" (Chapter XVII), "Concerning
the false heathen religion, idolatries, and superstitions of the
Filipinos" (Chapter XXI), "Of marriages, dowries, and divorces among
the Filipinos" (Chapter XXX),[48] while also using the term "Filipino"
to refer unequivocally to the non-Spaniard natives of the archipelago
like in the following sentence:
to or citizens of the country of the Philippines. Filipinos come from
various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups. Currently, there are more
than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own
language, identity, culture and history. The number of individual
languages listed for Philippines is 185. Of these, 183 are living and
2 are extinct. Of the living languages, 175 are indigenous and 8 are
non-indigenous. Furthermore, as of 2019[update], 39 are institutional,
67 are developing, 38 are vigorous, 28 are endangered, and 11 are
dying.[43][verification needed]The name Filipino was derived from the
term las Islas Filipinas ("the Philippine Islands"),[44] the name
given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican
priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honour of Philip II of Spain
(Spanish: Felipe II).During the Spanish colonial period the term
Filipino was used for the Spaniards born in the archipelago,[45]
especially when it was necessary to distinguish the indios of the
Philippines from the indios of the Spanish colonies in the New
World.[46] In the latter half of the 19th century, an educated class
of indios arose whose writings are credited with building Philippine
nationalism. These writings are also credited with transforming the
term Filipino from a reference to Spaniards born in the Philippines to
refer to everyone born in the Philippines.[47] The usage of the word
Filipino to refer to the natives in many Spanish-era works and
writings, such as in the Relación de las Islas Filipinas (1604) of
Pedro Chirino, in which he wrote chapters entitled "Of the civilities,
terms of courtesy, and good breeding among the Filipinos" (Chapter
XVI), "Of the Letters of the Filipinos" (Chapter XVII), "Concerning
the false heathen religion, idolatries, and superstitions of the
Filipinos" (Chapter XXI), "Of marriages, dowries, and divorces among
the Filipinos" (Chapter XXX),[48] while also using the term "Filipino"
to refer unequivocally to the non-Spaniard natives of the archipelago
like in the following sentence:
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