Mexican settlement in the Philippines

Filipino Mexican
Total population
	Official population numbers are unknown.
Regions with significant populations
	Philippines
Languages
	Spanish, Filipino, other other Philippine languages, and English.
Religion
	Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic, and Protestants.)
Related ethnic groups
	Filipino people, White Mexican, Indigenous Mexican

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Filipino Mexican are a multilingual Filipino ethnic group composed of Philippine citizens with Mexican ancestry. ^[1]

Filipino Mexican are ethnically diverse just like Mexicans in Mexico. They can be White Mexicans, Amerindian Mexicans, or members of any other group.

[edit] History

Main articles: History of Mexico, History of the Philippines, and Viceroyalty of New Spain

Most of their Mexican ancestors arrived in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. Between 1565, and 1815, many Mexicans, and Spaniards sailed to and from the Philippines as sailors, crews, prisoners, slaves, adventurers, and soldiers in the Manila-Acapulco Galleon assisting Spain in its trade between Mexico and the Philippines. Their legacies include many words of Nahuatl and Spanish origin found in Philippine languages; customs and traditions found in Philippine culture, the vernacular of Mexico; that are found in Filipino languages such as tiange (stalls), bangketa (sidewalk), chonggo (monkey), palenque (market), and among others.