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People from Philippine are called Fillipino. So why it is Fillipino, not Phillipino? can anyone shed new light?
 
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Can't say for sure Don, but I think it has to do with the fact that the islands were a Spanish territory. The old Greek phi "PH" is always translated as an "F" in Spanish.
 
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It is Filipino not Fillipino, Pilipino not Phillipino :-) Michael is partially correct. However, we can refer to both Filipino and Pilipino.
"Filipino" to refers to individual males from the Philippines, and "Filipina" for individual females. However, when we refer to the people in general, we use "Filipinos", following the Spanish language structure rule.
One finds the term "Filipino" used more and more often in the literature and in writings in English, whereas when writing in the Philippine National Language the term is "Pilipino".
 
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