Are filipinos asian or what...?

Question

im half filipino myself

and some people said filipinos are asian

and some said theyre pacific islanders and not asian

so are filipinos asian or pacific islander?

Answer 1

you know what, you ppl. look like hispanic ppl.

Answer 2

The Phillipines is on the borderline of both asia and the pacific islands, but I would go with Asia since the nation is much closer to Asian countries.

Answer 3

we are both and its cool!

Answer 4

I guess it depends what people think.  Technically, they are both.

Answer 5

they are asian

Answer 6

i am a filipina and is asian

Answer 7

FILIPINOS ARE FILIPINOS...

so if you're confused whether we are Asian or Pacific Islander, just say Filipino

Answer 8

they're asian, Philippines is right by all the asian countries like Singapore and Japan yet they don't call themselves pacific islanders.

"Inhabitants of the following islands and regions are generally not considered to be Pacific Islanders: Russia's Kuril Islands, Alaska's Aleutian Islands, and the Taiwanese, Japanese, Philippines, and Indonesian islands which, although technically bordering edges of the Pacific Ocean, do not fall under the definition of "Pacific Islanders" because such islands are not actually located within the three regions of Oceania (Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia).[ citation needed ]"

Answer 9

asian islander

Answer 10

Majority of Philippine nationals are descended from the various Austronesian-speaking migrants who arrived in successive waves over a thousand years ago from Taiwan, genetically most closely related to the Ami tribe. The Malayo-Polynesian-speaking peoples, a branch of Austronesian, migrated to the Philippines and brought their knowledge of rice agriculture and ocean-sailing technology. Filipinos to this day are composed of various Malayo-Polynesian-speaking ethnic groups, including but not limited to the Visayans, the Tagalog, the Ilocano, the Moro, the Kapampangan, the Bicolano, the Pangasinense, the Igorot, the Lumad, the Mangyan, the Ibanag, the Badjao, the Ivatan, and the Palawan tribes. The Negritos, including the Aetas and the Ati, are considered as the aboriginal inhabitants of the Philippines though they are estimated to be fewer than 30,000 people (0.03%).

Answer 11

We are asian because our country is a part of Asia. Like  Japan,  Hongkong, Singapore etc. are called asian too..  You are half filpino? Musta ka kababayan?

Answer 12

i consider them asian. but some really get offended if they are called asian. you define yourself and thats what you are.

Answer 13

We are Asians for the reason that our country, the Philippines, is IN Asia.  

Answer 14

they are aliens from mars.

Answer 15

hmm. We're definitely Asian. Pacific Islanders come from Melanesia, Polynesia, or Micronesia.

Next time some filipino says he's a Pacific Islander, tell him "Oh, i get it. You're a Samoan.. cool cool."

Answer 16

The Philippines is in Southeast Asia, which makes them Asians. However, the Philippines is located near Palau, Papa New Guinea, New Zealand (where the Maori tribe originated) and the people over there are what we call Pacific Islanders. So, what I'm trying to say is, since the Philippines is in Southeast Asia and has quite cultural similarities with Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, they are Asians. And since the Philippines isn't to far from Borneo, Palau, Papa New Guinea & the Maori people of New Zealand, then they are also Pacific Islanders. So basically, they're both Asians & Pacific Islanders.  

Answer 17

Southeast Asian + Western Pacific Islander, your call.

Answer 18

Filipino people are asians

Answer 19

ASIAN ASIAN ASIAN...OBVIOUSLY. And so what if you're half filipino? White people don't have to announce they are white when they ask a question now do they.

Indians don't look like a "typical asian" but they still call themselves ASIANS...and they don't go around making a fuzz about being an "islander" or whatever now do they.

Answer 20

Okay Im indonesian.. and people put me in the Asian/P.I.

and Philipines is next to indonesia so I'm Guessing Both.

Answer 21

Filipinos are asian because the philippines is in asia