This is for all those fools who think that everybody in Phils. is mestizo. And for all those who doubted me that a majority of filipinos are pure malay.


Ethnic Groups
Filipino (Malay) Pilipino in FIlipino: account for 95%, they form the bulk of the population and number around 80 million. They are descended from the Austronesians who settled in the Philippines over a thousand years ago. There are three sub-racial classifications that fall under this category. The first Filipino sub-race is the Proto-Malay, who came from Southern China and Taiwan. Their descendants are thought to be the present day Ivatans. The second Filipino sub-race is the Nesiot, or Indonesian. Although they are generally thought of as Austronesians, the possibility of their being Caucasoid is not being discounted. They are related to the Bataks of Indonesia. Their descendants include the highland tribes of the Cordilleras, such as Kallahans, Bontocs, Ifugaos, Aplais, Kankanae-y, etc, the Gaddang, Itawes, and other tribes of the Cagayan Valley, as well as the tribal people of highland areas in Mindanao, such as the Mandayas, Manobos, Blaans, Tbolis, and Kalagans. All of the Nesiots exhibit slightly whiter skin and tall stature. The last sub-race in what is considered the 'pure' Malay. There are three primary wave migrations of the pure Malays. The first gave rise to the Tinguianes, Sambals, Buranuns, and other hinterland tribes in the Philippines. The second gave rise to the Moros, which constitute the tribal people of Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug, Sama, Subanen, and Yakan. The third wave of Malayan immigrations gave rise to the bulk of the Philippine population today. From Sumatra came the Pampangos and Ilocanos, from Malacca and mainland Peninsular Malaysia came the Tagalogs, from Makassar came the Bicolanos and the Visayans. These tribes were futher subdivided into Tagalogs, Cebuanos, Waray-Waray, Hiligaynons, Kiniray-as, Ilocanos, Bicolanos, and many other Christian lowland groups. Further immigrations from Malaysia, although not necessarily pure Malay were the Badjaos, an animist tribe whose present domain range from Sabah in East Malaysia to the Philippines. Many live poverty stricken lives, though some can now be found among the middle class. Most are citydwellers, although a great number still live traditional lifestyles in the mountains and rural areas. Virtuall all Filipinos are trilingual, speaking Filipino, their native dialect, and English. Although quadrilingual Filipinos are not unknown.
Chinese Intsik in Filipino: form the most significant non-native element in the country. Most are successful and prosperous business people. They form part of both the upper and middle classes. Their primary languages are English, Chinese and Filipino. They number around 1.5 million. Chinese-mestizos included they would number close to 3 million. They are differentiated into two groups: Min Nan (Fukien) Chinese and Yueh (Cantonese). The Fukien Chinese form the vast majority of the Chinese population in the Philippines. They mostly form a part of the country's elite, and are quite wealthy. They represent about 2% of the population, but have their hands on about 75% of all business transactions. Nevertheless, there do exist poor Chinese, many of them Cantonese and more recent immigrants from China. They may also be known as 'Chinatown Chinese'. See furtherdown, Chinese-mestizo
Mestizos, Mistiso in Filipino: they form a tiny but economically and politically important minority. The combined number of all types of mestizos constitute no more than 2% of the entire Filipino population. Mestizos in the Philippines may be of any race combination or ratio. Mestizos are categorized as follows:

Spanish-Mestizo, "Mistisong Kastila in Filipino: a combination of ethnic Malay with either Spanish (Castillian, Galician, Basque, etc) or Mexican. Their features are distinguished by aquiline nose structures, light to darked hair, and generally lighter skinned and usually taller than the average unmixed Malay stock. Spanish-mestizos speak Filipino, though English is their primary language. Some have preserved Spanish as the spoken language of the home. They constitute the great majority of both upper, middle class and rarely intermingle with those outside their ethnic group. A great majority are either in politics or high-ranking executives of commerce and industry. Many can be found in the entertainment industry. There are around 1 million, and are found mainly in Manila and a few other metropolitan areas including Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo and Zamboanga. They are also known as Tisoy. Many Spanish-mestizos and Spaniards living in the Philippine emigrated to either the United States or Spain following World War II and during the Marcos regime.
There are approximately 17,000 Spaniards (7,000 Basque and 10,000 Castillian) living in the Philippines. Although these Spaniards have been taken into account in the last entry detailing all other smaller communities, it should be noted that they are completely integrated into the Spanish-mestizo upper levels of Filipino society. Most Filipino family dynasties, political families, and the elite clans are mestizo; such examples are the Ayala, Aboitiz, Zóbel, Araneta, Madrigal, Fernán, Gallego and Ortigas. The most famous Filipina, outside of the Philippines is Isabel Preysler, ex-wife of Julio Iglesias, and mother of Enrique Iglesias. Iconic actor Fernando Poe, Jr. was of part-Catalan and Irish descent.

Chinese-Mestizo, Tsinoy or Mistisong Intsik in Filipino: a combination of ethnic Malay and Chinese. They are usually light skinned, possess round eyes and Chinese faces. Much like the Chinese, most are successful and prosperous business people. They form part of both the upper, middle and lower classes. Some are also in the entertainment industry. Their primary languages are English, Chinese and Filipino. They number just over 1 million and are most concentrated in Manila (Binondo) and Pampanga.
Japanese-Mestizo, Mistisong Hapon in Filipino: a combination of ethnic Malay with Japanese or Okinawan. Many are descendants of the Japanese Catholics that fled Japan 300 years ago and are members of the lower class. Many exiled Japanese Christians, led by the Christian Samurai Takayama Ukon, settled in Dilao, Paco in 1614. Because of discrimination encountered, some fled to the mountains after World War II while many others changed their names in the attempts to assimilate. Many were also killed (c. 10,000 Japanese Mestizos and Japanese) while other were deported following World War II as an act of retaliation. Their sense of Japaneseness may take on extremes, some have completely lost their Japanese identity while others have "returned" to Japan, the homeland of their forebears. There is also a number of contemporary Japanese-mestizos, not associated with the history of the earlier established ones, born either in the Philippines or Japan. These latter are the resultant of unions between Filipinos and recent Japanese immigrants to the Philippines or Japanese and immigrant Filipino workers in Japan. Most Japanese-mestizos speak tribal languages and Filipino. There are believed to be between 100,000 and 200,000 Japanese-mestizos in the country, but no accurate figure is currently available. Significant numbers reside in Davao, Laguna, Pampanga and Baguio. They may also be known as Japinos, although this term is considered derogatory by many. Examples of Japanese-mestizos include Ferdinand Marcos (Imee Marcos's father), and Tamlyn Tomita.
American-Mestizo, Mistisong Amerikano in Filipino: a combination of ethnic Malay and American (regardless of race). They are also known as Amerasians. They can be found in the upper class, but also amongst the middle and lower classes as a result of the abandonment of their American fathers upon completion of military service and subsequent withdrawal of US forces. Much like Spanish-mestizos, for those whose American ancestry was Caucasian or Latino/Hispanic-American. The number of American-mestizos is thought to be between 20,000 and 30,000. Most speak Filipino and English. The majority are to be found in Ángeles City, which has the largest proportion of Amerasians in the Philippines [1], and also Manila and Olongapo City.
Other various types of mestizos from unions of Filipinos other nationalities may also exist; many of them are are also in the entertainment industry. Examples include basketball legend and former Senator Robert Jaworski and businessman Philippe L’Huillier, who have Polish and French roots, respectively. Iconic actor Fernando Poe, Jr. was of part-Catalan and Irish descent.
Indians and Pakistanis, Bumbay in Filipino: they are mostly merchants and belong primarily to the middle class. There are approximately 30,000 East Indians and half of them are Sindhis who left India after the British partitioned India and the other half is the Sikhs whom many of whom have traditionally been rural money-lenders. The Sindhi businessmen are often part of Manila’s rich elite. Most speak Filipino, Punjabi or Sindhi, and English. They (particularly the Sikhs) are collectively known as Bombay (büm'bäi) and 5-6, all of which are derogatory terms.
Arabs, Arabo in Filipino: they are the descendants of the missionaries that spread Islam throughout the Malay Archipelago (the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia). There are approximately 31,000 Arabs in the Philippines and they speak Arabic and Tagalog. They are overwhealmingly Islamic, though recent immigrants may be Christian Arabs, and are classified together with the Moros. Some have intermarried and simply became Moros. As for the Christian Arabs, many of them were of Levantine origin, mostly from Lebanon, Syria, and a few from Palestine. Philippine actresses such as Ana Roces (real name: Marinella Adad) and Dawn Zulueta (real name: Rachel Marie Salman Taleon) have Lebanese and Palestinian roots respectively. A huge wave of Levantine Christian immigration occurred during the late Spanish colonial era, spilling over to the early period of the American colonial era. Large numbers of these Arab Christian immigrants actually assimilated into the Spanish-mestizo upper class community through marriage.
Aeta, Ita in Filipino: Aetas are the pre-Malay inhabitants of the Philippines, closely related to the Papuans, and ethnically different from the other Filipinos. They are the aboriginal peoples of the Philippines, descendants of the Negritos and the Australoid-Sakais. They are the poorest and most disadvantaged class of the Filipino population. Their numbers have been decreasing rapidly and are thought to number between 20,000 and 30,000. Most speak their tribal languages and have little or no understanding of Filipino. The government has sponsored educational programmes as well as encouraging school attendance, though many of them still enounter difficulties. They are also known by their other names, such as Aeta, in Zambales, Ita in Pampanga, Ati in Panay, Baluga in Abra and Pampanga, Dumagat in Aurora, and Remontados in Rizal and Quezon.
Other smaller communities of expatriates from various countries also exist and they include 110,000 Americans of any race (but excludes Military forces and Filipino-American mestizos). Most of them are either businessmen or missionaries; Caucasians from Europe, Canada, and Australia who sought economic and investment opportunities; 35,000 Indonesians, most of whom are either illegal immigrants, refugees, but also many students; around 30,000 Japanese and Koreans who are mostly recently arrived immigrants also seeking economic and investment opportunities. There are also thousands of Vietnamese who found refuge in the Philippines following the Vietnam War, most of them live in Palawan. Some of these Vietnamese may be of mixed European (French colonist or American G.I.) and Vietnamese parentage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Philippines

Pure Malay? One of the first inhabitants of Malaysia were negritos, later came the proto-Austromelanesians from southern India and a wave of sub-mongoloids around 10 thousand years ago settled in parts of southeast Asia, then other more modern southern Mongoloids. There is no such thing as a pure Malay, only a mixture of southern Asian 'races' with cultural similarities.

COngrats u have all convinced us with you "credible" interweb encyclopedia. Have a beer .

Yes there is, there is no such thing as austromelanesians. Malays came from Southern China, not India. Stupid troll, if you don't have anything credible and productive to add then stay out of my thread.

Nevermind, I found out who you are f@ggot or should I say Prismknight. It took me a while to find out that alot of your other posts have been deleted by the mods. I should have known it was you by the transvestite on your sig.

lol ejay.

lol arab-filipino 2

Don't be hatin, I think they have more arab-malay mixtures in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Acutual Mongoloids (not sub-mongoloids who are between mongoloids and negritos) arrived in southeast asia about 2000 years ago. Malaysians were a mixture of negritos/sub-mongoloids/austroloids before they even arrived on the philipines. The Thai people were the first actual southern Mongoloids in S.E. Asia.

The Chinese recorded encountering "negroid-like" people in southern Vietnam, so how did the Malaysians who inhabit areas south of vietnam become mongoloid before them? The transformation of negrito to mongoloid features in S.E. Asia and the pacific islands is very recent.

F@ggot, the malays of the Philippines arrived here 2,000 years ago, during the neolithic expansion from Southern China. So get the f-ck out of my thread.
The malay people of the Philippines are recent settlers of the Philippines.

Stupid spic, what you say is baseless. Since Philippines wasn't colonized by the Malays yet when the Chinese made a discovery in Vietnam. Everybody knows that negritos were the first people in Mainland SEAsia or Indo-China.

^ Ejay watch it, warning.

OMG I was acting out in self defense. I will not let this transvestite loving b3@ner, talk sh!t about filipinos and get away with it.

Troll Vs. Troll? 2

i hate both of them but i gatta back up the filipino even though his a fukken embarrassment.

Funny the only troll I see right now is you. Why don't you join your spanish brother, PK in bashing the Philippines, since thats what your good for.

hey fil-am,i thought you were banned,why are you still here?

LOL WTF who are you, are you f-cked up in the head. There is no one here named fil-am.

i know you are fil-am cuz both of you likes to put light skined pina in your sig oh yeah and that filipino map.