Filipinos: Difference between revisions

'''Filipinos''' ({{lang-fil|Mga Pilipino}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/1987-constitution/|title=The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines|work=Official Gazette|publisher=Government of the Philippines|at=Preamble|quote=We, the sovereign Filipino people, ...|access-date=June 14, 2019|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105085906/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/1987-constitution/|url-status=live}}</ref> are citizens or people identified with the country of the [[Philippines]]. The majority of Filipinos today are predominantly [[Catholicism|Catholic]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippines |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/philippines/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227115022/https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/philippines/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and come from various [[Austronesian peoples]], all typically speaking [[Filipino language|FilipinoTagalog,]], [[Philippine English|English]], or other [[Philippine languages]]. Despite formerly being subject to [[Spanish Philippines|Spanish colonialism]], only around 2–4% of Filipinos are fluent in [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Do People In The Philippines Speak Spanish? (Not Quite) |url=https://www.mezzoguild.com/do-filipinos-speak-spanish/ |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=www.mezzoguild.com |language=en |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124131511/https://www.mezzoguild.com/do-filipinos-speak-spanish/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently, there are more than 185 [[Ethnic groups in the Philippines|ethnolinguistic groups]] in the Philippines each with its own [[Languages of the Philippines|language]], identity, culture, tradition, and history.