Filipinos are the inhabitants of the Philippines, located in Southeast Asia.

The term (feminine: Filipina) may

also refer to people of Philippine descent, regardless of citizenship (i.e. Filipino Americans).

Throughout the colonial era, the term "Filipino" originally referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines, also
known as insulares, criollos or español filipino. This distinguished them from Spaniards born in Europe who
were known as peninsulares. The Indios opposed this connotation for they have claimed that they should be
the ones whom 'Filipino' should refer too. By the late 19th century, the term Filipino began to widely refer to the
indigenous population of the Philippines. According to historian Ambeth Ocampo, José Rizal was the first to call
the native inhabitants Filipinos.

Today, Filipino is also used to signify the nationality and citizenship of one who is from the Philippines. This
means that not only native Austronesian Filipinos are included but also other ethnic groups such as the
Chinese.

Colloquially, Filipinos may refer to themselves as Pinoy (feminine: Pinay), which is formed by taking the last
four letters of Pilipino and adding the diminutive suffix -y. The word was coined by expatriate Filipino
Americans during the 1920s and was later adopted by Filipinos in the Philippines.

In various Philippine languages, Filipino is translated to Pilipino. The use of /p/ is used since many lack /f/ as a
phoneme.
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