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  2. Filipinos of Malay descent - Wikipedia

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    Filipinos consider Malays as being the natives of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Consequently, Filipinos consider themselves Malay when in reality, they are referring to the Malay race. [14] Some Filipinos in Singapore would like to be categorised as Malay, contra Singaporean policy.

  3. Malays (ethnic group) - Wikipedia

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    The Malay tricolour embodies the philosophy of Kemelayuan. Malays (/ məˈleɪ / mə-LAY; Malay: Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو ‎) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations. These locations are today part ...

  4. Malay language in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Malay is related to the native languages of the Philippines, both being Austronesian languages. Many words in the Tagalog and various Visayan languages are derived from Old Malay. Although the history of Malay influence in Philippine history is a subject of conversation, no attempts have been made to ever promote Malay or even Spanish.

  5. Models of migration to the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The seafaring tool-using Indonesian group who arrived about 5,000 to 6,000 years ago and were the first immigrants to reach the Philippines by sea. The seafaring, more civilized Malays who brought the Iron Age culture and were the real colonizers and dominant cultural group in the pre-Hispanic Philippines.

  6. History of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Much of the archipelago came under Spanish rule, creating the first unified political structure known as the Philippines. Spanish colonial rule saw the introduction of Christianity, the code of law, and the oldest modern university in Asia. The Philippines was ruled under the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain.

  7. Ethnic groups in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Traditional homelands of the Indigenous peoples of the Philippines Overview of the spread & overlap of languages spoken throughout the country as of March 2017. There are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos, starting with the "Waves of Migration" hypothesis of H. Otley Beyer in 1948, which claimed that Filipinos were "Indonesians" and "Malays" who migrated to ...

  8. Malay race - Wikipedia

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    The concept of a Malay race was originally proposed by the German physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), and classified as a brown race. [1][2] Malay is a loose term used in the late 19th century and early 20th century to describe the Austronesian peoples. [3][4] Since Blumenbach, many anthropologists have rejected his theory of ...

  9. Maphilindo - Wikipedia

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    Maphilindo was initially proposed as a realization of Filipino national hero Dr. José Rizal 's dream of uniting the Malay peoples, seen as artificially divided by colonial frontiers. Uniting the Malay people was highly prioritised resulting in many events occurring within the region. Dr.