Alipin

The alipin refers to the lowest social class among the various cultures of the Philippines before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries. The term alipin is used in the Tagalog language. In the Visayan languages, the equivalent social classes were known as the ulipon (Cebuano and Hiligaynon), and uripon (Waray and Bikol), among other terms.