Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mabhuku echiPhilippine muChirungu ane midzi yawo mukuedza kweUnited States, ipapo yakabatanidzwa mune imwe
hondo nemasimba echiPhilippine emarudzi pakupera kwezana ramakore rechi19. Pakazosvika 1901, dzidzo yevoruzhinji yakanga yaitwa kuti ive yepamutemo muPhilippines, chiRungu chichishanda senzira yokudzidzisa nayo. Gore iroro, vadzidzisi vanenge 600 vaiva muS.S. Thomas ("vaThomasites") vakapiwa basa rokutsiva varwi vakanga vari kushanda sevadzidzisi vokutanga. Kunze kwedzidzo, kuwanika kukuru kwezvinhu zvokuverenga, zvakadai semabhuku namapepanhau muchiNgezi, kwakabetsera vaPhilippines kudzidza mutauro wacho nokukurumidza. Nhasi, 78.53% yevagari vanogona kunzwisisa kana kutaura Chirungu (ona Rondedzero yenyika nevanhu vanotaura Chirungu).