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KAPAMPANGAN

The Kapampangan people are an ethnolinguistic group native to the central plains of Luzon in the Philippines, numbering around two million. They primarily inhabit the province of Pampanga and speak the Kapampangan language, which belongs to the Austronesian family. Many Kapampangans are tenant farmers or landless workers. Culturally, they are known for arts like pottery, jewelry-making, and woodcarving. Historically, the Kapampangan kingdom was centered in Tondo on Manila Bay. Today, Kapampangans reside mainly in Pampanga as well as adjacent provinces.

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KAPAMPANGAN

The Kapampangan people are an ethnolinguistic group native to the central plains of Luzon in the Philippines, numbering around two million. They primarily inhabit the province of Pampanga and speak the Kapampangan language, which belongs to the Austronesian family. Many Kapampangans are tenant farmers or landless workers. Culturally, they are known for arts like pottery, jewelry-making, and woodcarving. Historically, the Kapampangan kingdom was centered in Tondo on Manila Bay. Today, Kapampangans reside mainly in Pampanga as well as adjacent provinces.

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KAPAMPANGAN (Introduction of the ethnic group/people – description, origin, location)

DESCRIPTION

Kapampangan, also called Pampango, ethnolinguistic group living in the Philippines, principally in the central
plain of Luzon, especially in the province of Pampanga, but also in parts of other adjoining provinces.
Kapampangans numbered some two million in the early 21st century.

The Kapampangan language is closely related to others of the central Philippines, all of which belong to the
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages. The Kapampangan homeland, which extends north
from Manila Bay, has a relatively high population density. Many Kapampangans are tenant farmers and
landless workers. Artists of the group are mostly potters, jewelers, lantern makers, blacksmiths, and wood-
carvers. Most Kapampangans are Christians, predominantly Roman Catholics. Philippine opposition leader
Benigno Aquino, Jr., and his wife, Corazon Aquino, who was president of the country (1986–92), were ethnic
Kapampangans.

province of Pampanga Kapampangan, also called Pampango, ethnolinguistic group living in the Philippines,
principally in the central plain of Luzon, especially in the province of Pampanga, but also in parts of other
adjoining provinces.

Anselmo Jorge Fajardo – Father of Kapampangan Literature. Author of the first and longest metrical romance
in any Philippine language, Gonzalo de Córdoba. He was a native delegate to the Spanish Cortez.

ORIGIN

Kapampangan is derived from the root word pampáng ("riverbank"). The language was historically spoken in
the Kingdom of Tondo, ruled by the Lakans. A number of Kapampangan dictionaries and grammar books were
written during the Spanish colonial period.

Kapampangan is an Austronesian language, and one of the eight major languages of the Philippines. It is the
primary and predominant language of the entire province of Pampanga and southern Tarlac, on the southern
part of Luzon's central plains geographic region, most of whom belong to the Kapampangan ethnic group.
Kapampangan is also spoken in northeastern Bataan, as well as in the municipalities of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija,
and Zambales that border Pampanga. It is further spoken as a second language by a few Aeta groups in the
southern part of Central Luzon. The language is known honorifically as Amánung Sísuan ("breastfed, or
nurtured, language").

LOCATION

Native to Philippines

Region - Central Luzon (entirety of Pampanga, southern Tarlac, northeastern Bataan, western Bulacan,
southwestern Nueva Ecija, southeastern parts of Zambales)

Ethnicity - Kapampangan

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