If People Speak Spanish As Native Language Do They Come Under Latin American Or Not?
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It depends on who you ask, but in general, in the U.S. When we refer to Latin Americans, we pretty much mean everyone in the Western Hemisphere who natively speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and possibly other languages, other than English.
However, it is not just simply the language spoken at home, but also the fact that they have genealogy going back to the Latin European countries, and again, this depends on who you ask. Definitely Spain and Portugal, possibly Italy, and maybe even France and other "Romance" speaking countries.
French Canadians would very, very rarely be considered Latin Americans, and yet, French speaking Haitians might be.
Labels such as this are quite sloppy, as are others like "Romance language" or "latino" or the fact that U.S. Citizens get referred to as "Americans"
However, it is not just simply the language spoken at home, but also the fact that they have genealogy going back to the Latin European countries, and again, this depends on who you ask. Definitely Spain and Portugal, possibly Italy, and maybe even France and other "Romance" speaking countries.
French Canadians would very, very rarely be considered Latin Americans, and yet, French speaking Haitians might be.
Labels such as this are quite sloppy, as are others like "Romance language" or "latino" or the fact that U.S. Citizens get referred to as "Americans"
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In my study of Romance languages, I found that there exists 23 Latin countries, seven of them are in the Mediteranean area of the world. Latin, per se, origninated in what is NOW Rome and once called Latium-Faliscan. Many people refuse to acknowledge all 23 countries as
Latin, but here is another twist....while the 23 countries are all Latin, only 16 are Hispanic. It is
the Med. Area Latinos that are not considered Hispanic altho the Latium-Faliscan are the original ones in ITALY. Mary
Latin, but here is another twist....while the 23 countries are all Latin, only 16 are Hispanic. It is
the Med. Area Latinos that are not considered Hispanic altho the Latium-Faliscan are the original ones in ITALY. Mary
All hispanics are latin but not all latinos are hispanic
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