Mexican settlement in the Philippines

Mexican Filipino

Total population
Official population numbers are unknown.
Regions with significant populations
Philippines, and Mexico.
Languages
Spanish, Filipino, other other Philippine languages, and English.
Religion
Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic and Protestants)

Mexican Filipinos are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Mexican ancestry.

Mexican Filipinos are ethnically diverse just like Mexicans in Mexico. They can be White Mexicans, Amerindian Mexicans, or members of any other group. Generally, Mexicans are stereotyped as being part of the Mestizo group.

History

Main articles: History of Mexico, History of the Philippines, and Viceroyalty of New Spain

Most of their Mexican ancestors arrived in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. Between 1565, and 1815, many Mexicans, and Spaniards sailed to and from the Philippines as sailors, crews, prisoners, slaves, adventurers, and soldiers in the Manila-Acapulco Galleon assisting Spain in its trade between Mexico and the Philippines. Their legacies include many words of Nahuatl and Spanish origin found in Philippine languages; customs and traditions found in Philippine culture, the vernacular of Mexico; that are found in Filipino languages such as tiange (stalls), bangketa (sidewalk), chonggo (monkey), palenque (market), and among others.

See also

• Ethnic groups of the Philippines
• Filipino Mestizo
• Mexicans of Filipino descent
• Spanish settlement in the Philippines

External link

• Examination of ancestry and ethnic affiliation using high informations
• Color Q world: Asian-Latino Intermarriage in the Americas
• Filipinos in Mexican History