welcome to the unraveling the scriptures Channel Asia is a fascinating continent full of civilizations and peoples with ancient and Rich histories among these many cultures the peoples of the Philippines stand out with their diversity and unique Heritage but have you ever wondered if there is any biblical mention of the origins of these people does the Bible talk about the origin of Filipinos in this video we will explore the possible biblical connections with the peoples of the Philippines uncovering Curiosities and Mysteries that involve this nation and the scriptures this is a highly requested video in our series that explores the origins of All Peoples according to the Bible so be sure to like share with your friends and subscribe to the channel join us for another episode of our series the origins of peoples according to the Bible the Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines is an arch pelagic country located in Southeast Asia situated in the Western Pacific Ocean the country is composed of 7,641 islands totaling an area of 300,000 Square km these islands are generally divided into three main geographical regions from north to south Luzon visas and mindal the Philippines borders the South China Sea to the West the Philippine Sea to the East and the celab sea to the South South the country has Maritime borders with Taiwan to the north Japan to the Northeast palao to the East and Southeast Indonesia to the South Malaysia to the Southwest Vietnam to the west and China to the Northwest with a diverse population in terms of ethnicities and cultures the Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world the capital is Manila while queson city is the most populous city both located in the Manila Metropolitan area the Negros were the first inhabitants of the Philippines followed by waves of austronesian peoples among these early peoples we find biblical descendants of ham Noah's son through some of their tribes the arrival and influence of animism Hinduism with Buddhist elements and Islam led to the establishment of Island kingdoms governed by dtis rajas and Sultans extensive foreign trade with Empires such as the later Tang and Song also brought Chinese immigrants who gradually settled in the archipelago and mixed with the local population over the centuries the arrival of Ferdinand mellan a Portuguese explorer leading an expedition for castile marked the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1543 the Spanish explorer Ru Lopez de alobos named the archipelago Los Islas Filipinas in honor of King Philip II of Castile Spanish colonization through New Spain began in 1565 and brought the Philippines under the rule of the crown of Castile as part of the Spanish Empire for over 300 years during this period Catholic Christianity became the predominant religion and Manila emerged as the Western Center of transpacific Trade the Philippine Revolution began in 1896 coinciding with the Spanish-American war of 1898 after Spain's defeat the territory was seated to the United States and the Filipino revolutionaries declared the first Philippine Republic the subsequent Philippine American war ended with the United States taking control of the territory this control lasted until the Japanese invasion during World War II after the islands were recaptured by the United States the Philippines gained independence in 1946 the country experienced a tumultuous period with democracy including the overthrow of a decades long dictatorship through a peaceful Revolution tion speaking a bit about the atmology of the name Philippines during his 1542 Expedition Spanish explorer Ru Lopez deos named the islands of Le and Samar as felipinas in honor of the prince of asterus who later became Philip II of Castile over time the name Los isas Filipinas came to designate the Spanish possessions in the archipelago before this the Spanish used other names to refer to the islands in the region such as isas Del ponente Western Islands isas Del Orient Eastern islands and San Lazaro islands of St Lazarus the name given by Ferdinand mellan during the Philippine Revolution the malos Congress proclaimed the Philippine Republic the Republic of the Philippines the American Colonial authorities referred to the country as the Philippine Islands a translation of the Spanish name with the Philippine autonomy Act and the Jones act the United States began to adopt the name Philippines the official title Republic of the Philippines was established in the 1935 Constitution as the name of the future independent state and has been maintained in all subsequent constitutional revisions the ethnic diversity in the Philippines is remarkable influenced by both external factors and the archipelago's fragmented geography according to the 2020 census the largest ethnic groups in the country are the Tagalog 26% bence excluding siano hilan and War at 14. 3% hoko and cebuano both at 8% hilan 7. 9% Bol 6.
5% and wari 3. 8% in addition to these the country is home to 110 indigenous ethnolinguistic groups totaling a population of 15. 56% in 2020 among these indigenous groups are the igaro lumad mangian and the indigenous peoples of Palawan the Negros are considered some of the earliest inhabitants of the Philippines this Aboriginal minority group of oualid descent is a remnant of the earliest human migrations from Africa to Australia and was later displaced by other waves of migration ethnic Filipinos belonged to several Southeast Asian ethnic groups classified linguistically as austronesians speaking malop poian languages although the exact origin of the austronesian population is uncertain It is believed that relatives of the Taiwanese Aborigines brought their languages and intermixed with the local populations the lumad and sjo ethnic groups have ancestral affinities with austroasiatic speaking peoples such as the tin and Moby of Mainland southeast Asia additionally there is evidence of an expansion from Eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea into minda detected in groups like the Bland and in the Sanger language immigrants arrived in the Philippines from other parts of the Spanish Empire especially from Spanish America a 2016 National Geographic study revealed that the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago have a genetic composition with the following percentages 53% Southeast Asian and Oceania 36% East Asian 5% Southern European 3% South Asian and 2% Native American from Latin America descendants of mixed couples are known as misos or tisoy during the Spanish Colonial period these misos were primarily composed of Chinese mesos mesos to Sangle Spanish msos msos de espanol and their mixtures tornas today Chinese Filipinos are well integrated into Filipino Society most of them are descendants of immigrants from fuen in the early 20th century during the American Colonial era it was estimated that there were about 1.
35 million pure ethnic Chinese in the Philippines while approximately 22. 8 million Filipinos about 20% of the population had some Chinese ancestry whether from pre-colonial Colonial or 20th century migrants during the Spanish Colonial period myso Filipinos represented a moderate proportion of the taxpaying population about 5% in comparison a smaller proportion of the population approximately 2.
