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Philippines - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Ethnic divisions are mostly done along linguistic lines with the twelve largest and most prominent of these groups being the Tagalogs(24%), Cebuanos (24%) and Ilokanos (11%), with the Hiligaynons (Ilonggo), Bikolanos, Waray-Warays, Kapampangans, Pangasinans, Kinaray-as, Maranaos, Maguindanao, and Tausugs. |
 | | It should be noted that although the Tagalogs may appear more numerous, this is due to their historical predominance in national life by virtue of the national capital, Manila, being at the center of the Tagalog-speaking region. |
 | | Foreign languages spoken include Spanish among the Spanish and Spanish- Filipino communities, Chinese (Min Nan (Hokkien), Cantonese, and Mandarin) among members of the Chinese and Chinese-Filipino communities, and Malay, Arabic, Hindi among some members of the Muslim and Hindu population. |
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