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Tagalog people

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Also known as ethnic Tagalog, Tagalog ethnic

an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to the Philippines

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Encyclopedic overview

The Tagalog people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the Philippines, particularly the Metro Manila and Calabarzon regions and Marinduque province of southern Luzon, and comprise the majority in the provinces of Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and Zambales in Central Luzon and the island of Mindoro.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tagalog people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.