Do you associate the Philippines with Asia, Hispanics, or with Polynesia/the Pacific? (famous, life)
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I think Philippines has a lot of Spanish influence of course, but I wouldn't call it a true Hispanic country since there isn't a lot of Spanish ancestry and most people do not, of course, speak Espanol. Language to me is THE determining factor of Hispanic identity. One reason why I wouldn't even call Brazil Hispanic.
Brazil is not Hispanic. They are Portuguese colony not from Spain. But they are considered Latino because they speak Latin Language.
Philippines culture is partly Hispanic that's why I said not generalized Hispanic (Culture), Because we acknowledge our Indigenous background.
So France us a Latino country to? I don't think so.
Isn't French language a branch of a Roman Languages which is "Latin"? like Italian?
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It would have been interesting if the Philippines became the only place in East/Southeast Asia with a truly mixed ancestry population of people from all over the world. I'm guessing World War II and its aftermath as it drove out a lot of the Spanish/mestizo and Japanese immigrants.
To me the P.I. (Philippine Islands) is as mixed as you can get racially, culturally and linguistically in Asia. I see the P.I. as the biggest 'sponge' in Asia. Whatever passes in the P.I. gets blended in the culture, race and language.
The part about Spanish/mestizo, Japaneses ancestry leaving the P.I. I don't know about. I live in the U.S. and I don't consider the Filipinos hispanics. Some number of postings back, it said the Spaniards consider the Filipinos hispanics.
I think Philippines has a lot of Spanish influence of course, but I wouldn't call it a true Hispanic country since there isn't a lot of Spanish ancestry and most people do not, of course, speak Espanol. Language to me is THE determining factor of Hispanic identity. One reason why I wouldn't even call Brazil Hispanic.
Got that right. The P.I. isn't a true Hispanic country. The P.I. has a lot of dialects. Each province in the P.I. have their own dialect. I believe Spanish is still spoken in some areas like the island of Cebu and there's also a modified Spanish version called Chavacano ( Chavacano language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). The official language of the P.I. is Tagalog (one of the dialects spoken around Manila) and English. Some Spanish and English words got blended in Tagalog.
Yes, you are correct, Brazil isn't Hispanic.
... let me add, all dialects in the P.I. have converted to Latin Alphabet. Before, I believe, the native dialects in the P.I. are written in characters that resemble a cross between chinese and arabic characters ...kinda like the Thai alphabet. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...he_Philippines )
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Got that right. The P.I. isn't a true Hispanic country. The P.I. has a lot of dialects. Each province in the P.I. have their own dialect. I believe Spanish is still spoken in some areas like the island of Cebu and there's also a modified Spanish version called Chavacano ( Chavacano language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). The official language of the P.I. is Tagalog (one of the dialects spoken around Manila) and English. Some Spanish and English words got blended in Tagalog.
Yes, you are correct, Brazil isn't Hispanic.
... let me add, all dialects in the P.I. have converted to Latin Alphabet. Before, I believe, the native dialects in the P.I. are written in characters that resemble a cross between chinese and arabic characters ...kinda like the Thai alphabet. ( Languages of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )
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The official names of the Latin Union are: Unione Latina in Italian, Unión Latina in Spanish, União Latina in Portuguese, Union latine in French, Uniunea Latină in Romanian, and Unió Llatina in Catalan.[2]
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It says "...An additional 60% is said to have spoken Spanish as a second language until World War II" . Now, it's numbers have dwindled significantly with English replacing Spanish as the official language .
Everyone in the world can traced their roots from Africa but " Filipinos are an Austronesian people, a linguistic and genetic group that includes other ethnicities from ...." Austronesian culture,language, race have been erased from basic school books by the Western colonizers. There's been scientific genetic DNA test that Filipinos have the same basic DNA racial strands as Polynesians (including Hawaiians, Maori, Samoan etc...).
The Philippine Islands is simply one of the largest "SPONGED" in the world. It's probably one of the most open minded and welcoming countries in the world. Arguably, it's also one of the most dynamic in the world since it changes it's culture etc... all the time - main reason why it's extremely difficult to lump the Philippines in any category.
It says "...An additional 60% is said to have spoken Spanish as a second language until World War II" . Now, it's numbers have dwindled significantly with English replacing Spanish as the official language .
Everyone in the world can traced their roots from Africa but " Filipinos are an Austronesian people, a linguistic and genetic group that includes other ethnicities from ...." Austronesian culture,language, race have been erased from basic school books by the Western colonizers. There's been scientific genetic DNA test that Filipinos have the same basic DNA racial strands as Polynesians (including Hawaiians, Maori, Samoan etc...).
The Philippine Islands is simply one of the largest "SPONGED" in the world. It's probably one of the most open minded and welcoming countries in the world. Arguably, it's also one of the most dynamic in the world since it changes it's culture etc... all the time - main reason why it's extremely difficult to lump the Philippines in any category.
You have to link and connect all the dots of Austronesian people lol to understand where it came from and the migration. Majority of the Austronesians are in Taiwan, South East Asia, Madagascar and Pacific (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia),
But there is also Austronesians in Southern China and North India particularly in "Naga Tribe" where there is a mixed tribes from Austro-Asiatic and Austronesian. Some says the Austronesian from Naga Tribe came from South East Asia and they used the "Sanskrit", Bamboo dancing originated in India (North India) hmmm most of the Austronesian and Austro-Asiatic used this Bamboo Dancing stick?
One of the ethnic tribe of North India (Nagaland)
Some Filipinos would like to save the dying tradition of our fellow Kalinga
To me the P.I. (Philippine Islands) is as mixed as you can get racially, culturally and linguistically in Asia. I see the P.I. as the biggest 'sponge' in Asia. Whatever passes in the P.I. gets blended in the culture, race and language.
The part about Spanish/mestizo, Japaneses ancestry leaving the P.I. I don't know about. I live in the U.S. and I don't consider the Filipinos hispanics. Some number of postings back, it said the Spaniards consider the Filipinos hispanics.
I agree that it's one of the most mixed of the East and Southeast Asian countries--I'd only add that those countries in general aren't that mixed so being the most mixed among them doesn't give you a very mixed country (barring Malaysia and Singapore).
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most of the Austronesian and Austro-Asiatic used this Bamboo Dancing stick? 
