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The name “Tarlac” is a Hispanized derivation of the Aeta word for a “talahib-like” weed called “Malatarlak.” The Aetas lived in the western mountain regions of what is now the municipality of Bamban. Tarlac Province was the last province organized in Central Luzon in 1874 by the Spaniards. It was carved out from the provinces of Pampanga and Pangasinan, which explains the two major dialects spoken in the area, namely, Kapampangan (by more than half of the population) and Ilocano (roughly 41%)
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