Negritos of Zambales

by William Allan Reed

The paucity of measurements has already been explained, but those that were taken are given here for what they are worth. I do not attempt to draw any conclusions from them or undertake any discussion other than that already given in the chapter on physical features.

In the following tables it should be noted that where the age is given the number indicates only an estimate, as no Negrito knows his age. It has been thought better to give these approximate ages than to leave them out entirely, in order to distinguish the very young from the middle aged and old:

Measurements of Negritos

No.	Sex	Age	Standing height	Span of arms	Length of nose	Breadth of nose	Nasal index	Length of ear
1	Female	18	1,408	1,456	35	38	108	57
2	do	35	1,487	1,487	38	38	100	64
3	do	14	1,325	1,325	36	30	83	55
4	do	30	1,440	1,462	36	38	105	55
5	do	40	1,388	1,400	40	43	107	58
6	Male	27	1,520	1,580	41	43	104	60
7	do	20	1,491	1,503	39	47	130	57
8	do		1,440	1,464	40	43	107	57
9	do		1,500	1,538	43	40	93	60
10	do	15	1,357	1,347	34	40	117	54
11	do		1,426	1,483	40	47	117	57
12	Female	20	1,390	1,380	30	37	123
13	do	19	1,265	1,170	35	35	100
14	do	20	1,400	1,410	35	40	114
15	do		1,410	1,375	35	42	120
16	do		1,430	1,435	35	40	114
17	Male	22	1,465	1,485	37	46	124	60
18	do		1,472	1,470	44	40	90	60
19	do	24	1,363	1,404	38	36	94	57
20	do	18	1,473	1,493	40	43	107	57
21	do	19	1,390	1,412	40	42	105	56
22	do	25	1,490	1,490	37	43	116	57
23	do	14	1,282	1,315	35	35	100	52
24	do		1,404	1,438	42	38	90	65
25	Female	19	1,302	1,313	27	38	140	55
26	do	20	1,472	1,538	40	38	95	58
27	Male		1,434	1,497	37	42	113	56
28	do	50	1,421	1,519	40	40	100	60
29	Female	28	1,358	1,418	35	37	105	58
30	do	55	1,333	1,350	40	40	100	60
31	do		1,383	1,435	41	38	92	62
32	do	30	1,285	1,285	34	38	111	55
33	do	50	1,318	1,302	35	40	114	69
34	Male	40	1,342	1,448	38	46	121	62
35	do	20	1,458	1,582	40	42	105	58
36	do	18	1,480	1,536	44	44	100	60
37	do	15	1,500	1,547	41	45	109	60
38	do	28	1,365	1,390	41	49	119	58
39	do	30	1,535	1,570	43	47	109	63
40	Female	15	1,308	1,354	41	35	85	54
41	do	35	1,373	1,368	36	38	105	59
42	do	35	1,355	1,370	40	40	100	60
43	do	16	1,407	1,430	36	36	100	56
44	do	22	1,420	1,466	40	43	107	64
45	Male		1,535	1,581	43	39	90	57
46	do		1,448	1,532	41	40	97	55
47	do		1,476	1,540	40	40	100	59
48	Female		1,396	1,415	40	35	107	60
49	do	20	1,368	1,400	35	40	117	53
50	Male		1,570	1,625	46	43	93	58
51	do	22	1,480	1,545	42	49	116	60
52	do	30	1,600	1,634	49	42	85	62
53	do	35	1,521	1,566	42	47	111	60
54	Female		1,502	1,520	41	39	95	58
55	do		1,410	1,410	32	38	118	60
56	do	16	1,316	1,336	34	38	111	56
57	Male	18	1,425	1,445	42	42	100	56
58	do	23	1,380	1,430	36	45	125	62

No.	Sex	Age	Standing height	Height of shoulders	Span of arms	Width of Shoulders	Length of hand	Length of arm	Height sitting	Length of foot	Length of head	Breadth of head	Cephalic index	Length of nose	Breadth of nose	Nasal index	Length of ear
59	Male	28	1,480	1,227	1,530	375	163	600	1,200	215	189	150	79.3	38	39	102.6	58
60	do	16	1,470	1,227	1,510	370	165	623	1,180	230	175	144	82.2	35	35	100	55
61	do	40	1,520	1,295	1,530	356	170	640	1,224	225	176	145	82.3	39	37	94.8	61
62	do	17	1,490	1,247	1,500	425	145	600	1,203	230	190	153	80.5	33	40	121.2	51
63	do	25	1,510	1,245	1,545	386	175	635	1,215	226	190	150	78.9	40	42	165	54
64	do	18	1,445	1,218	1,500	350	160	600	1,235	220	175	150	85.7	35	37	105.7	50
65	do	28	1,444	1,210	1,540	350	170	605		223	176	141	80	47	40	85.1	64
66	do	30	1,524	1,275	1,620	390	180	675		245	171	158	92.3	40	49	122.5	54
67	do	35	1,550	1,324	1,410	384	180	655	1,255	240	182	145	79.7	40	41	102.5	60
68	do	40	1,500	1,248	1,465	364	180	640	1,290	245	174	145	83.5	46	46	100	66
69	do	35	1,480	1,227	1,550	383	175	650	1,272	225	180	152	84.4	37	37	100	53
70	do	60	1,586	1,370	1,635	373	177	625		246	191	83.2	43	44	102.3	54
71	do	25	1,395	1,169	1,469	342	149	586		207	180	142	78.8	43	36	83.7	58
72	Female	35	1,420	1,165	1,460	334	159	528		211	171	148	86.5	44	35	79.5	52
73	do	33	1,337	1,140	1,380	293	155	539		208	166	141	84.9	41	41	100	55
74	do	27	1,362	1,137	1,407	330	150	558	199	168	147	87.5	42	36	85.9	55
75	Male	30	1,526	1,281	1,524	370	163	616		230	174	140	80.4	42	38	90.4	52
76	do	17	1,435	1,197	1,447	350	160	586		210	170	135	79.3	42	35	83.3	56
77	do	45	1,450	1,270	1,480	322	162	571		213	175	148	84.5	39	38	97.4	64

Appendix B

Vocabularies

As has been pointed out already, the Negritos of Zambales seem to have lost entirely their own language and to have adopted that of the Christianized Zambal. A study of the vocabularies here given will show that in various sections of the province Zambal is to-day the language of the Negritos. Differences will be found, of course, in the dialects of regions which do not come much into contact with each other, and contact with other dialects creates different changes in different localities.

The chief difference between the Bolinao dialect and that of the region south is the substitution of the letter “r” in the former for “l”; as “arong” for “along,” nose; “dira” for “dila,” tongue. Yet not a few words are entirely different. These differences may arise from the use of synonyms or from misinformation, as I was able to take the Bolinao vocabulary from only two individuals. This dialect is spoken in the towns of Bolinao, Anda, Bani, and Zaragoza, although I am informed that there are even slight differences in the speech of the people of some of these towns. The towns from Infanta to Iba have the second dialect.