are filipinos pacific islanders?

Answer 1

tagalog (and the other many languages of the philippines) is part of the polynesian language family, but they are not part of polynesia. filipinos are considered asians. so technically speaking, yes they are islanders...but they very are far removed from other "pacific island" cultures.

take for instance taiwan. they are technically an island in the pacific...but like the philippines they are so far to the west, and have a culture that is not like "polynesian" cultures.

edit:

we learned in school that polynesia is sort of a "triangle" - in the left corner is new zealand, the top corner is hawaii, and the right corner is easter island. (does not include philippines).

polynesian languages, on the other hand, are much more expansive. they include malagasy of madagascar (african island nation), formosa (native language of taiwan, replaced by chinese), hawaiian, maori, fijiian, samoan, tongan.....etc, etc......and tagolog (and other filipino languages).

Answer 2

well lets see, the Phillipines is a series of islands in the Pacific off of the Southeast coast of Asia, so I would say yes, they are technically Pacific Islanders. However, Pacific Islanders is a termed usually reserved for any of the peoples of the various islands throughout the Eastern Pacific from the Solomons to Hawaii.

Answer 3

In reference to your question, it would seem that you are inquiring as to weither they are Asian or Polynesians. I would have to say Asia in as are most in that area, Indonesia included. Go further south to Papau and you will start finding the starting of the Polynesians.