Tagalog (ethnicity)

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Tagalog , German outdated Tagalen , is a Filipino ethnic group on Luzon . 18% of the residents of the Philippines are Tagalog. Their language is the Tagalog of the same name . Filipino , which is derived from this, is the official language of the Philippines alongside English.

origin

The ancestors of the Tagalog probably came from 2000 BC. From China or North Vietnam to the island. The Tagalen are descendants of Malay immigrants and inhabit central Luzon, Mindoro , Marinduque and, in small numbers, the other islands of the Philippines. They displaced the mixed population found from Negritos and Malaysian immigrants who had previously immigrated into the interior of the islands, and in some cases they have also absorbed them.

religion

Today 80% of the Tagalog are Catholic , a result of the Spanish colonization (1565–1898). In the 12th century came from Malaysia from Hinduism to the island. It is unclear whether the Tagalog also accepted Hinduism, which dominated the Malay archipelago at the time. Words from Indian ( Sanskrit ) and Malay and the Baybayin script , which has Indonesian models (Kawi script), suggest this. The Buddhism came in the 9th century by China here on the island, but remained a religion of the immigrant Chinese. Islam came to Luzon through Malay and Arab traders in the 15th century. Some Muslim villages emerged, including Maynilad, later Manila (tagalog: Maynila), today's capital of the Philippines.

Pre-colonial social structure

Members of the pre-colonial feudal Tagalog society on the island of Luzon were the aristocratic Maginoo ; these represented the upper class in society. The political leaders of the Datus , Rajas and Lakans were recruited from their class . The next stand were the Timawa and they were followed by the warrior class of the Maharlika . The lowest social class were the Alipin ; this class was again divided into two classes.

When the Spaniards reached Manila Bay in 1570 , they met the Banaw Lakan Dula in Tondo , the center of the Luzon Empire , the Raja (Ladyang) Matanda (Raja Matanda of Sapa) and Raja Suleyman III. in today's Manila .

literature

  • Renward Brandstetter : Tagalen and Madagascans: A comparative presentation of languages ​​as an orientation for ethnographers and linguists. Doleschal, Lucerne 1902

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