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    1. The document discusses the Austronesian expansion theory proposed by Bellwood, which argues that ancestors of Austronesian speakers originated in Yunnan and spoke a related Tai-Kadai language. 2. Bellwood theorizes that waves of migration from Taiwan between 2500 BC to 500 AD brought Austronesian-speaking peoples to Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Indian Ocean regions, including the Philippines. 3. The document reflects on how studying history provides an understanding of national identity and heritage for Filipinos, noting the migrations that shaped modern Filipino peoples according to this theory of Austronesian expansion.

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    1. The document discusses the Austronesian expansion theory proposed by Bellwood, which argues that ancestors of Austronesian speakers originated in Yunnan and spoke a related Tai-Kadai language. 2. Bellwood theorizes that waves of migration from Taiwan between 2500 BC to 500 AD brought Austronesian-speaking peoples to Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Indian Ocean regions, including the Philippines. 3. The document reflects on how studying history provides an understanding of national identity and heritage for Filipinos, noting the migrations that shaped modern Filipino peoples according to this theory of Austronesian expansion.

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    NAME: NEGRO, MARIA KHEL SECTION: BSBA – HR1B

    REFLECTION 2 IN
    Lesson 2
    Pagtatao sa Pilipinas
    In Focus: The Austronesian Expansion- a Reaction to “Paths of Origin”
    Jesus T. Peralta, Ph.D.

    Based on the given readings about the Austronesian Expansion, Bellwood (1995) argues
    that Yunnan in the south of the Chinese mainland is where the ancestors of Austronesian
    speakers first appeared, and that a fishing and gardening society existed there as early as 6,000
    BC. According to linguistic evidence, these people spoke a language that is allegedly connected
    to the Tai-Kadai family of languages, which is spoken in Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand, all of
    which are countries that border the Mekong River. According to Bellwood, waves of migration
    from Taiwan between 2,500 BC and 500 AD brought all Southeast Asians and inhabitants of the
    Pacific and Indian Oceans through the Philippines. Several groups of people traveled from China
    to Taiwan between 4500 and 4000 BCE. These people either already spoke a distinct language or
    started to do so.
    These communities began to separate into three or four different subcultures by about
    3000 BCE. One of these tribes started moving southward toward Indonesia and the Philippines.
    The people of the Philippines, by this hypothesis, are descended from those cultures that
    persisted on the Philippine islands while others migrated first southward, then eastward, and
    finally westward. It began to spread from Easter Island in Southeast Asia to the north around
    5000 BC and continued via the Philippines, Taiwan, and coastal South China before continuing
    north along the Chinese coast to western and South Korea and, finally, Kyushu in Japan. The
    Austronesian language family and the Malayo Polynesian group were staged in South China and
    Taiwan. Between 4,000 and 3,000 BC, the population began to spread.
    According to Bellwood (et al, 2004), there is no indication of a human population in
    Batanes before 3700 BP (1750 BC). This time frame is well into the Philippines' Late Neolithic
    Age. If the Austronesian Neolithic really did traverse this nation. As in the rest of mainland and
    island Southeast Asia, the Neolithic border was established in Thailand as early as 10,000 BC.
    The results show that rather than coming from Taiwan, earlier Neolithic movements came from
    the south.
    As I reflect, Every Filipino must use history as a reference for their present and future
    plans to enhance our sense of national identity. As a result, it is important for us to understand
    our national heritage and be proud of it. I am amazed how all the ascendants of Southeast Asians
    and the peoples of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean passed through the Philippines in waves of
    migration from 2,500 BC to 500 AD from Taiwan because in my opinion, it is not that easy to
    travel and there is no easy access for transportation during that very old time and The people of
    the Philippines, in accordance with the hypothesis in the readings, are descended from those
    cultures that persisted on the Philippine islands while others migrated first southward, then
    eastward, and finally westward. Considering the significance of the past and understanding how
    past events shaped current events is one of the benefits of studying history. Learning from the
    past helps us understand who we are and how we got here, as well as how to prevent mistakes in
    the future and steer society in better directions to avoid having thoughts that specific past events
    are just not “kuro-kuro” and also not from “chismis” just like how the actress and social media
    personality Ella Cruz identifies the history.

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