ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -the Philippines collectively are called Filipinos. The ancestors of the vast majority of the population were of Malay descent and came from the Southeast Asian mainland as well as from what is now Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Negrito groups were the first inhabitants to settle in the prehistoric Philippines. By around 3000 BC, seafaring Austronesians, who form the majority of the current population, migrated southward from Taiwan.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the Philippines, Austronesian-speaking people probably began arriving around 3000 B.C., most likely via Taiwan. After that they came in successive waves. The early people are believed to have migrated from south China through Taiwan and into Luzon and then followed he Cagayan River Valley.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Philippines, the term “Bumbay” is often used to call people of Indian origin.