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The 12 Most Dominant Ethnic Groups in the Philippines

Filipino refers to citizenship, not ethnicity.

This is a must-read for so many Filipino-Americans who don’t understand the endless amount of culture that precedes them.  Because my parents were Filipino citizens and are ethnically Hiligaynon, I don’t identify with the same culture that so many Filipino-Americans cling to.

It’s important to combat the blanketing the culture of Tagalog over all Filipinos — and not only do other races do this, but other Filipinos as well.  It makes our cultures less visible when all people assume that we observe the same cultural practices from Tagalog.

An important thing to remember is that the large number of languages of the Philippines are just that — languages.  Dialects stem from one language, and would be easily understood by speakers of the root language.  The lexical differences that occur between the languages of the Philippines differentiate a respective language for the dominant ethnic groups.

With these specific languages, there come the same amount of different cultures.  There are needs for different words that wouldn’t even have a translation in Tagalog.

03/15/13
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    I didn’t know any of this either! Though my mother came from Manila, she wanted to raise me and my sister American so we...
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    This is very interesting! I actually did not know this. My father is Bikolano while my mother said she was born in...
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    This is true. My father’s family is Ilocano but my mother is primarily Tagalog even if her mother is Kampampangan. This...
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    Wow I actually did not know this. Thank you!
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    The whole article is an interesting read. My father’s side, I think is pretty much all Tagalog. My mother’s mother is...
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    Born and raised, and I have never known this. We were only taught whatever it was available in our region. Good article.
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    Yessss to the comment of the notion of Filipino identity that Filipino Americans cling to. This totally enlightens me as...
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Filipino  Filipino American  AAPI  cultural visibility  API  hiligaynon  linguistics 

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