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Filipino Mestizos
Racial identifier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the Philippines, Filipino Mestizo (Spanish: mestizo (masculine) / mestiza (feminine); Filipino/Tagalog: Mestiso (masculine) / Mestisa (feminine)), or colloquially Tisoy, is a name used to refer to people of mixed native Filipino and any foreign ancestry.[3] The word mestizo itself is of Spanish origin; it was first used in the Americas to describe people of mixed Amerindian and European ancestry.[4] Currently and historically, the Chinese mestizos were and are still ordinarily the most populous subgroup among mestizos; they have historically been very influential in the creation of Filipino nationalism.[5] The Spanish mestizos also historically and currently exist as a smaller population, but remain a significant minority among mestizos which historically enjoyed prestigious status in Philippine society during Spanish colonial times.
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Regions with significant populations | |
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Philippines, United States, Canada, Spain | |
Languages | |
Philippine languages, English, Spanish | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholic majority, Protestant minority) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sangley, Chinese Filipinos, Spanish Filipinos, Japanese Filipinos, Indian Filipinos, Americans in the Philippines |
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