philippines | ethnicgroup | zamboangans <tsp> philippines | language | philippine_spanish <tsp> batchoy | country | philippines <tsp> philippines | ethnicgroup | chinese_filipino <sep> the philippines ( (listen); filipino: pilipinas), officially the republic of the philippines (filipino: republika ng pilipinas), is an archipelagic country in southeast asia in the western pacific ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: luzon, visayas, and mindanao the philippines is bounded by the south china sea to the west, the philippine sea to the east, and the celebes sea to the south it shares maritime borders with taiwan to the north, japan to the northeast, palau to the east and southeast, indonesia to the south, malaysia to the southwest, vietnam to the west, and china to the northwest it is the world's thirteenth-most-populous country, with diverse ethnicities and cultures 
zamboangans are a group in the philippines and the chinese filipino are also an ethnic group in the philippines. the language in the philippines is philippine spanish. batchoy is eaten in the philippines.the philippine philippines filipino is an archipelagic country in southeast asia