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What if the Philippines were never colonized by the United States? What would the Philippines and the Filipinos be like?
What if the Philippines were never colonized by the United States? What would the Philippines and the Filipinos be like?
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"The Philippines would still be under the Spanish influence, in terms of culture, language, architecture, and the way of life".
Filipinos wouldn’t learn English language. Tagalog and Spanish would still be the lingua franca across the country.
Mindanao would be a separate Islamic country, maybe a Sultanate.
Roman Catholicism would still be the religion of more than 90% of the people, followed by Islam, and less than 2% are from other religions. Protestantism and Christian denominations in the Philippines might have less followers today as most of the first Protestant missionaries here in the Philippines were predominantly Americans.
Most Filipino names would not be anglicized, and would still rely on Spanish, religious and native names. Before the U.S. occupation, the common names were Juan, Maria, Jose, etc. Nowadays, Filipino parents choose English names for their children.
Lastly, I think Filipinos would be more patriotic if the Philippines was never colonized by the Americans. The colonial mentality will be less. The “stateside” thinking will be less.