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EspañolETHNIC SPANIARDS IN THE PHILIPPINES
(Redirected from Filipinos of Spanish descent)
'Spanish Filipinos' are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Spanish ancestry. They constitute the seventh largest ethnic group in the country.
Most Filipinos are descended from Austronesians and around an estimated figure of 1% to 2% may have Spanish ancestry. The Filipinos with Spanish ancestors are generally referred to as Spanish mestizos (Spanish: ''mestizos españoles'', Filipino: ''mestisong Kastila''); these comprise the majority of the Spanish-descended population. According to genetic research, around 3.6% of all Filipinos have European ancestry.[1] The history of the country suggests that European ancestry in the population derives from either Spanish or American colonization.
Most Spanish mestizos living in the Philippines emigrated to Spain, Latin America, or the United States, following World War II and during the Marcos regime. Today, Filipinos of Spanish descent can mostly be found in Metro Manila, Central Luzón, the Visayas, Davao and the Zamboanga Peninsula where Chabacano (a form of Creole/Pidgin Spanish) is spoken.
Spanish Filipinos for the most part are found among both the upper and upper middle classes and rarely intermingle with those outside their socio-economic classes. Some are either in politics or are high-ranking executives of commerce and industry, entertainment and sporting ranks. There is also a small number of Spanish Filipinos found among the lower classes.
Spanish Filipinos mostly speak Tagalog and their respective regional languages (mostly Cebuano in regions like Cebu, Davao, and Zamboanga peninsula), Ilonggo (Iloilo and Bacolod), Ilocano, and Spanish Creole, Chabacano) in everyday discourse, while using English in the public sphere. Many, particularly those of older generations, and recent immigrants, 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 Spain or Latin America.
According to a recent survey, the number of Spanish citizens in the Philippines regardless of ethnolinguistic affiliation was about 16,300, excluding Philippine citizens of Spanish descent. Spaniards are referred to as ''Kastila'' from the name ''Castile''. The vast majority are Andalusians, while a minority are Catalans or Basques.
Castilians and Catalans combined account for 9,000 of Spanish citizens in the Philippines, while the Basques number about 7,300. Other peninsular ethnicities such as Galician were not distinguished from the Castilian and the Catalan, since all three speak the same language family, the Romance language family.
★ Mexican Filipino
★ Filipino mestizo
★ Spanish in the Philippines
★ Tornatrás
★ Principalía
1. A Predominantly Indigenous Paternal Heritage for the Austronesian-Speaking Peoples of Insular Southeast Asia and Oceania, Cristian Capelli ''et al.'', , , American Journal of Human Genetics, 2001
★ Examination of ancestry and ethnic affiation using high information
★ Spanish mestizos in the Philippines, photos from AsiaFinest
★ Color Q World: Asian-Latino Intermarriage in the Americas
'Spanish Filipinos' are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Spanish ancestry. They constitute the seventh largest ethnic group in the country.
| Contents |
| Ancestry |
| Distribution |
| Language and culture |
| Recent migration |
| Ethnolinguistic affinity |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Ancestry
Most Filipinos are descended from Austronesians and around an estimated figure of 1% to 2% may have Spanish ancestry. The Filipinos with Spanish ancestors are generally referred to as Spanish mestizos (Spanish: ''mestizos españoles'', Filipino: ''mestisong Kastila''); these comprise the majority of the Spanish-descended population. According to genetic research, around 3.6% of all Filipinos have European ancestry.[1] The history of the country suggests that European ancestry in the population derives from either Spanish or American colonization.
Distribution
Most Spanish mestizos living in the Philippines emigrated to Spain, Latin America, or the United States, following World War II and during the Marcos regime. Today, Filipinos of Spanish descent can mostly be found in Metro Manila, Central Luzón, the Visayas, Davao and the Zamboanga Peninsula where Chabacano (a form of Creole/Pidgin Spanish) is spoken.
Spanish Filipinos for the most part are found among both the upper and upper middle classes and rarely intermingle with those outside their socio-economic classes. Some are either in politics or are high-ranking executives of commerce and industry, entertainment and sporting ranks. There is also a small number of Spanish Filipinos found among the lower classes.
Language and culture
Spanish Filipinos mostly speak Tagalog and their respective regional languages (mostly Cebuano in regions like Cebu, Davao, and Zamboanga peninsula), Ilonggo (Iloilo and Bacolod), Ilocano, and Spanish Creole, Chabacano) in everyday discourse, while using English in the public sphere. Many, particularly those of older generations, and recent immigrants, 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 Spain or Latin America.
Recent migration
According to a recent survey, the number of Spanish citizens in the Philippines regardless of ethnolinguistic affiliation was about 16,300, excluding Philippine citizens of Spanish descent. Spaniards are referred to as ''Kastila'' from the name ''Castile''. The vast majority are Andalusians, while a minority are Catalans or Basques.
Ethnolinguistic affinity
Castilians and Catalans combined account for 9,000 of Spanish citizens in the Philippines, while the Basques number about 7,300. Other peninsular ethnicities such as Galician were not distinguished from the Castilian and the Catalan, since all three speak the same language family, the Romance language family.
See also
★ Mexican Filipino
★ Filipino mestizo
★ Spanish in the Philippines
★ Tornatrás
★ Principalía
References
1. A Predominantly Indigenous Paternal Heritage for the Austronesian-Speaking Peoples of Insular Southeast Asia and Oceania, Cristian Capelli ''et al.'', , , American Journal of Human Genetics, 2001
External links
★ Examination of ancestry and ethnic affiation using high information
★ Spanish mestizos in the Philippines, photos from AsiaFinest
★ Color Q World: Asian-Latino Intermarriage in the Americas
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