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Other Filipino ethnic groups, other Austronesian peoples. The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines, particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province of southern Luzon, and comprise the majority in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and Zambales in Central Luzon ...
A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.
A Little Manila ( Filipino: Munting Maynila or Maliit na Maynila ), also known as a Manilatown ( Filipino: Bayang Maynila) or Filipinotown ( Filipino: Bayang Pilipino ), is a community with a large Filipino immigrant and descendant population. Little Manilas are enclaves of Overseas Filipinos consisting of people of Filipino origin living ...
An early Filipino community in downtown Los Angeles that eventually became known as Little Manila was established in the 1920s. The area was a thriving center of Filipino commercial and cultural ...
Filipinos (Filipino: Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly Catholic and come from various Austronesian peoples, all typically speaking Tagalog, English, or other Philippine languages.
Members of the Filipino community learn early on about kapwa, which is defined as "interpersonal connectedness or togetherness". With kapwa, many Filipino Americans have a strong sense of needing to repay their family members for the opportunities that they have been able to receive. An example of this is a new college graduate feeling the need ...
The Filipino American community was the second-largest Asian American group in the United States with a population of over 3.4 million as of the 2010 US Census, making up 19.7% of Asian Americans. Only Chinese Americans have a larger population among Asian Americans.
Filipino is used as a lingua franca in all regions of the Philippines as well as within overseas Filipino communities, and is the dominant language of the armed forces (except perhaps for the small part of the commissioned officer corps from wealthy or upper-middle-class families) and of a large part of the civil service, most of whom are non ...