What race is the Philippines?

It is distributed in a few areas in southwest China, Hokkaido (descendants of Southeast Asians move northward) and southern Okinawa, the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia. Also known as South Mongolian race, it can be divided into South Asian type and Malay type. The former includes some ethnic minorities in southwest China and all ethnic groups in Indochina Peninsula, while the latter is distributed in Malay Archipelago.

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Major ethnic groups

1, Visayan

Visayas, also known as Visayas, are the largest ethnic group in the Philippines. The population is 3,065,438+10,000, accounting for 39% of the total population in China, mainly distributed in Samar Island, Bohol Island, Cebu Island, Negros Island and Panai Island.

2. Tagalog people

The Tagalog people are the second largest ethnic group in the Philippines with a population of 22 million, mainly distributed in the central and southern parts of Luzon Island. The Tagalog language used belongs to the Indonesian family of Austronesian languages, and 1937 is chosen as the basic language of Putonghua.

3. Bikol people

Bikol people are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Philippines. They use Bikol, which belongs to the Indonesian language family of Austronesian language family and has many dialects, with a total population of 3.7 million.

4. Moro people

The Moro people in the Philippines are a people who believe in Islam, including many ethnic groups. "Moro" was taken by Spain, which means Moors who believe in Islam.

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