Nah, the most popular language in the Philippines is tagalog and that is already a language that’s gender neutral. The word ‘Filipino’ is a colonial artifact—they were named after some guy named Philip. In that way, it is technically gendered considering the spanish influence, but no one I know considers it gendered in any way unless you put it like ‘pinoys or pinays’ etc. I know filipina or pilipina or pinay is used still, but I honestly haven’t heard it much except in america, but all filipino women I know, if you just asked ‘are you filipino?’ they would say yes.
Nah, the most popular language in the Philippines is tagalog and that is already a language that’s gender neutral. The word ‘Filipino’ is a colonial artifact—they were named after some guy named Philip. In that way, it is technically gendered considering the spanish influence, but no one I know considers it gendered in any way unless you put it like ‘pinoys or pinays’ etc. I know filipina or pilipina or pinay is used still, but I honestly haven’t heard it much except in america, but all filipino women I know, if you just asked ‘are you filipino?’ they would say yes.