尼格利陀人(阿埃塔人)是菲律宾最古老的居民。阿埃塔人的共同体首先是依其经济和文化的特点来划分的,因此可以把它看成是民族经济共同体。由于阿埃塔人与较为发达的菲律宾民族相对隔绝,他们保留了古老的人种类型(尼格利陀类型),因而也可以称为“民族一种族共同体”。“尼格利陀”(“小黑人”)一词广泛见于欧、美文献中。据 M·瓦诺韦尔贝格考证,“阿埃塔”一词源自他加禄语,但他未能对该词进行语源研究。 The Negritus (Aeta) is the oldest inhabitant of the Philippines. The Aeta community is first divided according to its economic and cultural characteristics, so it can be regarded as a national economy community. As the Aeta people are relatively isolated from the more developed Filipinos, they retain the ancient type of race (the type of Nigelito) and can therefore be called the “ethnic-racial community.” “Negril ” ( “little black ”) is widely used in European and American literature. According to M. van Norwellberg, the term “Aeta” is derived from Tagalog, but he failed to etymologically study the word.