Filipino
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Filipino may refer to:
- From or related to the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. Philippine may also be used as a qualifier or adjective in certain instances, though Filipino is more appropriate for casual usage. The "Filipino" and "Philippine" adjectives modify specific subjects, as in the following phrases:- Filipino cultureCulture of the PhilippinesPhilippine culture is related to Micronesian, Bornean, Mexican and Spanish cultures. The people today are mostly of Malayo-Polynesian origin, although there are people with Spanish, Mexican, Austro-Melanesian and Chinese blood. Geographically, the Philippines is considered part of Southeast Asia...
- Philippine cuisine
- Filipino languageFilipino languageThis move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
, the national language of the Philippines, based primarily on Tagalog - Filipino Sign LanguageFilipino Sign LanguageFilipino Sign Language or Philippine Sign Language, is a form of manual and visual communication that utilize hand gestures. FSL is used by deaf individuals, people unable to communicate verbally and people who are FSL interpreters in the Philippines.FSL has a very strong influence from American...
, also known as Philippine Sign Language - Filipino martial artsFilipino martial artsFilipino Martial Arts refers to ancient and newer fighting methods devised in the Philippines, the most popular of which are known as Arnis/Eskrima/Kali. The intrinsic need for self-preservation was the genesis of these systems. Throughout the ages, invaders and evolving local conflict imposed new...
- Filipino peopleFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
, the citizens or natives of the Philippines
- Filipino culture
- Criollo peopleCriollo peopleThe Criollo class ranked below that of the Iberian Peninsulares, the high-born permanent residence colonists born in Spain. But Criollos were higher status/rank than all other castes—people of mixed descent, Amerindians, and enslaved Africans...
("Creoles") or Insulares ("from the islands") are Filipinos of pure Spanish descent born in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era - "Filipina" is often used to denote a female Filipino
- Filipinos (snack food), branded cookies manufactured by Kraft Foods and United Biscuits in Spain and Holland
See also
- Pinoy (demonym)PinoyPinoy is an informal demonym referring to the Filipino people in the Philippines and overseas Filipinos around the world. Filipinos usually refer to themselves as Pinoy or sometimes the feminine Pinay...
- Flip (slang)Flip (slang)Flip is a term used colloquially particularly by Filipino American youth to refer to those of Filipino descent.According to the late journalist and activist Alex De Leon Fabros, Sr...
- Filipino people of Spanish ancestry