The Filipino is basically Malay. End discussion.

“The Filipino belongs to a mixture of races, although basically he is a Malay. Centuries of cultural and commercial contacts with countries of Asia and almost four centuries of domination by Western Powers has made the Filipino comparatively sophisticated. There is in him a blending of the East and the West...”

Teodoro Agoncillo, History of the Filipino People (Manila: GP Press, 1960), page 4.