Filipinos of Mexican descent
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| Filipinos of Mexican descent |
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| Total population |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Small minorities found in Visayas, Luzon and Mindanao |
| Languages |
| Philippine languages, English and Spanish |
| Religions |
| Roman Catholic |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Austronesian, Mexicans, Spaniards and Hispanics |
Filipinos of Mexican descent are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Mexican ancestry, regardless of ethnic affiliation.
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[edit] History
Most of their Mexican ancestors arrived in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. Between 1565 and 1815, many Mexicans, Spaniards or Filipinos sailed to the Philippines and Mexico as sailors, crews, prisoners, slaves, adventurers and soldiers in the Manila-Acapulco Galleon assisting Spain in its trade between Mexico and the Philippines. Some of their Mexican ancestors settled in, married local born native Filipinos and never returned back to Mexico. They have since integrated with, and been incorporated into the native core of Filipino society.
[edit] Physique
Filipinos of Mexican descent are usually distinguished physically from other Philippine ethnic groups by their Latin American physique.
[edit] Distribution
Some Filipinos of Mexican descent living in the Philippines emigrated to Mexico, Spain or the United States following World War II. Today, Filipinos of Mexican ancestry can mostly be found in small minorities in the Visayas, Metro Manila, Central Luzón, Davao and the Zamboanga Peninsula where Chabacano (a form of Creole/Pidgin Spanish) is spoken.
[edit] Language and culture
Filipinos of Mexican descent living in the Philippines mostly speak Filipino indigenous languages including Cebuano in regions of Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Negros, Davao, and Zamboanga peninsula, Ilonggo in Iloilo and Bacolod, Ilocano in Northen Luzon, Tagalog in Metro Manila and Spanish Creole-Chabacano in Zamboanga. English is used in the public sphere. Many, particularly those of older generations, have preserved Spanish as the spoken language of the home.
Apart from the everyday customs practiced in their respective regions in the Philippines, many of them maintain traditions brought over from Mexico.
[edit] Prominent Filipinos of Mexican descent
For a list of prominent or noteworthy Filipinos of Mexican descent, see Category:Filipinos of Mexican descent.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Examination of ancestry and ethnic affiliation using high informations
- Color Q world: Asian-Latino Intermarriage in the Americas
- Filipinos in Mexican History
