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==History==
The Sambal are the original mixed [[Austronesians|Austronesian]]-[[Negrito]] inhabitants of the province of Zambales in the [[Philippines]]. They speak mainly [[Sambal language|Sambal]] and [[Botolan language|Botolan]], as well as [[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]], [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]], [[Bolinao language|Bolinao]] and [[Pangasinense language|Pangasinense]]. The Sambalic languages are most closely related to the [[Kapampangan language]] and to an archaic form of [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] still spoken in [[Tanay, Rizal|Tanay]] in the province of [[Rizal]]. This has been interpreted to mean that the Sambal originated from that area, later being displaced by migrating [[Tagalog people|Tagalogs]], pushing the original inhabitants northward to what is now the province of Zambales, in turn, displacing the [[Negritos]].
The [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]], in their first encounters with the Sambal, supposedly found them to be highly [[superstitious]] and who [[Ancestor worship|worshipped the spirits of their ancestors]]. To this day, most Sambal still believe in superstitions and mysteries. This is said to be the origin of the name ''Sambal''—the Spanish who first encountered them called them the ''sambali'', coined from the [[Malay language|Malay]] word ''sembah'', which means "to worship." The term was later [[Castilianization|castilianized]] as ''zambal''.<ref>http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/travel_zambales.html</ref>
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