菲律宾人的祖先主要来自亚洲大陆,后来各岛上逐渐成立了一些土族部落的酋长国和马来族移民建立的割据王国。15世纪时,伊斯兰教传入棉兰老岛和苏禄群岛。16世纪又出现两个苏丹王国。1521年,麦哲伦率领的西班牙远征队到达该岛。以西班牙国王菲利普二世的名字将这里命名为菲律宾 The ancestors of the Filipinos mainly come from the Asian continent, and later some of the islands were gradually established as emirate of the Turkish tribes and the separatist kingdoms established by the Malay settlers. In the 15th century, Islam spread to Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. Two more Sudanese empires emerged in the 16th century. In 1521, the Spanish expedition led by Magellan arrived on the island. Named Philippine by the name of King Philip II of Spain