Are Italians considered Latino??

Question

I dont know if they are....lol is it true?? are italians hispanic too then???

Answer 1

In fact, the Italians are the true Latinos, because the Latinos, in the ancient time, was a tribe of the Italy, that tribe was the funded of the Roman Empire.

The Hispanic or Hispanic Americans, are people (like me) WHO their first language are the Spanish (Spain and the rest of Latino America) therefore the Italians are not Hispanics.

Some people (mostly from the Nordic world) called Latinos the people who speak a language that came from the Latin (the language from the Roman empire).

In USA, invented the "Latinos" concept, they use it to make the difference between the people from USA and Canada (Whites) and the rest of the American continent (From Mexico to Argentina) they called them (or us) Latino Americans o Latinos.
But the latinoamericans are not a race, are in fact and mixture from 3 races: Whites (mostly from Spain and Portugal), Blacks (slaves from western Africa) and Red or Native Americans or Indios (from different cultures and civilizations in the Continent like Mayas, Aztecas, Quechua's, Totonacas, Olmecas, etc)

Answer 2

As Methos answered, the word Latino in its Italian origin and meaning refers to the language and a Latin people which were based in Italy.

I would have to ask friends and family in Italy if they are even aware that the American use of the Latino is referred to Hispanics, rather then our use of the word Latino. There is a capitol and province in Lazio, Italia called Latino so that is why instance.

Answer 3

Apparently Latino has become a popularly used shortened version of Latino Americano, which in and of itself would exclude Italians born and raised in Italy or anywhere else outside latin america. Unfortunately the more quickly and easily said "latino", which has taken on a life of its own, isn't the greatest term because it does describe people outside of latin america. In this sense Italians may not be "considered" latino by many, but they are. Latino in the technical sense of the term simply means latin. Italians are latins. Italian culture is latin and has much in common with with Latin American cultures. Latino is a poorly adopted (even if originally it was just an innocent way of shortening a longer term that did make sense and was applicable) phrase for people of Latin America to describe JUST themselves. If it was more inclusive of other genuinely latin cultures it would be fine, but to just describe people from latin america it seems ill suited. And it has nothing to do with so-called "race" or tribal origins of ancient peoples, it is about culture(mentalities, traditions, religion,ways of living,etc.) and language, and the similarities of romance languages and how culture is transmitted through language.

Answer 4

Depends on who considers it. I guess an American wouldn't consider an Italian as "Latino", though they were the first Latinos around XD XD XD . See, "Latino" comes from "Lazio" which is a region in Italy, around Rome, to be more precise. On the contrary, an American would probably consider some native indian from Bolivia, for instance, as "Latino", or anyone south of Rio Grande, really. Quite funny.

In fact, those who directly inherited the culture, traditions, language, etc. from Rome are the original latin people and latin countries as opposed to Germanic or Slav people or countries in Europe. Therefore, France, Portugal, Spain and Italy are the main latin nations and cultures, as Holland, Sweden, Germany or Norway are germanic ones and Poland, Bulgaria or Russia are slav ones.

When it comes to South America, yes, they can be consider latinos, because they were the offsprings of 2 latin countries; Spain and Portugal, just as USA is the offspring of England. They inherited language, culture, traditions, etc.. but bear in mind that there wasn't and there isn't racial unity in South America, cos unlike what happened in the British Colonies, there were mixed marriages between natives and settlers in the Spanish an Portuguese America and they were very, very common and natural.


" Are italians hispanic too then???" Gods sake!!!

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Did you ever heard about the Latin language or the Roman Empire???

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Answer 5

Look the word Latino- is just a prefix adjective. from in this case, mainly Latino-American. but by taking the -american off the word Latino, the word (in Good English, should no longer be Latino- but just Latin, ) that´s like saying Anglo! Anglo-American is whence the word Anglo comes, if not (and even so being only an adjectivial prefix from Anglo-american. anglo- not being added with another word is from Angle! the ANgles and the Saxons. So to say that the English from England are not Anglos! would be the same disgrace of a lie that you´re saying about the ITalians not being Latinos! it just happens to be that saying Anglos or Latinos isn´t speaking any good tongue at all , unless you´re literally speaking Spanish! so we in English shouldn´t be using Spanish words in English! we can use English ones! the Angles or the Latins, or the Angle-Americans and the Latin-americans, and if you wish to get really latinny in English- Anglo-American and Latino-american, but keep these uses with their following adjectives, for if not you´re misuses them! just say Latin-Indians to be Precise or Latin-AMericans at all times! to keep it true to the context! Latin-american folks try to steal our own identity, many an american has a whole lot of Latin blood from italy which is the root stock of the Latins just like Norway and sweden would be the root stock of the NOrdic/vikings! Peace to all you and if that be the case! I´m a Latin-viking for my English tongue is half latin and half viking (germanic) in stock! and I have Italian Blood! and Viking blood too! but nonetheless, that´s how it is! Canadian Latin Viking!

Read in Spanish about the Latinos! in wikipedia, it won´t lead you to Latin-america! But in Spanish, another latin tongue!,


Jesus loves us!

Answer 6

These replies ,above, were helpful. The language of Italy -Italian - has the most roots in the Latin language. If one has ever listened to or read Latin, that is very apparent.

Answer 7

Latins were a populations of the centre of Italy.
The ancient Rome were a Latin town.
So the only true Latins are italians.

Answer 8

In the US mistakes are being made. There are people in the Latina region of Italy known as Latins. There are people in the Caucasian Mountains known as Caucasians. There are people from the Greek island Lesbos known as Lesbians. There are people from India known as Indians. In the US, these peoples have had their namesakes stolen and redifined to inaccurately describe someone else.

Answer 9

italians are white.darker than northern europeans but still considered white.During world war 2 italians were on side of hitler and were against colored people.They saw themselves as superior to colored people.They are still to even this day very racist toward blacks.Watch some europeans soccer and see what italian fans are about.They shout really racist things to black and other crazy stuff, like throw bananas at blacks. Also go to italy and tell people they aren't white,they would be laughing at you and maybe even beat you up for saying that.They look like other southern europeans such as serbians,greeks,spaniards,croatians,bosnians who are also white. Search for "Definition of whiteness in America." It tells you everything.First when they came to America,they were not considered white,along with russians,serbians,germans,and and other eastern european nations.

Answer 10

No, Italians are not Latinos. Latinos are from Latin America, that is Mexico, Central, and South America. Those are also the same countries that hispanics in the U.S. have as their origins. Italians are Europeans, as are Spaniards, doesn't matter if their skin is darker, they have black hair sometimes, or anything like that. P.S. It's called Latin America because Spanish is a Latin-based language. Kind of a random moniker, as other languages are Latin-based as well (French, Romanian, and Italian too), but there you go. Just because you speak a Latin-based language, also does not make you a Latino. It's the country where you come from.