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In the United States, Latino stands for Latino Americano (Spanish for Latin American), or people whose native language originated from ancient Latin. It includes Spanish, French and Portuguese speaking people born in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America.
Hence, people from Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Brazil or Argentina are known as Latinos.
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What is the history of Latinos in America?
Are Latinos include people all around the world who speak English and Spanish fluently? No, Latinos are people from Latin America
Are Dominican republicans considered Latinos?
Yes of course they are in latin America and speak a latin language which is spanish.
Are Latinos both of Spanish and Latin background?
Yes. Latinos are part Latin and part Mexican and part Spanish
What does Los Latinos mean in spanish?
The Latinos (a group of people of Latin descendancy)
What country do Latinos come from?
Generally speaking Latinos are people whose native language is one of the languages derived from Latin. This would include Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese Romanian, and a number of others. The term was invented in the Napoleonic era by the French as a claim of relationship to the Mexicans to justify the French military activity there that established a member of the Hapsburg family as the Emperor of Mexico. More common modern usage considered that Latinos are people who originate from a Latin American country. Latinos are not to get confused with Hispanics. Hispanics are people who speak Spanish. Latinos are Latin Americans.
Are brazilians latinos?
Technically yes because they are in latin America and they speak a latin language which is portuguese.Answer:Yes and No. Because in the United States, Latino is equal to Hispanic, which means Spanish speakers. Brazilians do not speak spanish. They speak Portuguese making them Lusophone, not Hispanic.So I don't call myself Latino. I call myself Latin, just like the french, Italian, spanish and portuguese.
What languages do Latinos speak?
Latinos speak a variety of languages, but the most common is Spanish. Additionally, some Latinos may also speak Portuguese, English, or indigenous languages depending on their country of origin and cultural background.
Who are the original latinos?
The original latinos are probably the ancient Romans who spoke the Latin language from which all latin based languages and cultures are derived today.
Why are people who do not speak Latin called Latinos?
The term "Latino" does not refer to the Latin language but rather to people from Latin America or with Latin American heritage. Latin America encompasses countries in the Americas where Romance languages like Spanish, Portuguese, and French, which evolved from Latin, are predominantly spoken.
Why is Latin a dead language when there are so many Latin-os around?
I think Latinos are Mexican (If i have my facts wrong i did not mean intended to offend any Mexicans or Latinos) Latin is dead because people just stopped speaking it and it faded. You could still learn Latin in College though.AnswerActually Latinos are anyone born in North or South America who speaks Spanish or Portuguese. Latinos have nothing to do with Latin.Latin is called a dead language because it has no native speakers any more. There are millions of Latinos, but zero native Latin speakers.
Are Brazilians considered Latino?
Actually Latino does not mean Spanish. A true "Latino would be someone who speaks Latin. People from the US call Spanish speakers Latinos, because they know that Spanish is a language derived from the old Latin language. So actually every person that speaks a language that comes from Latin is considered to be a Latino. That includes Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, and French. Brazilians don't like to be called Latinos because the stereotype that Latinos all speak Spanish. Latin America is called like that because people there speak 3 Latin languages, Spanish, French and Portuguese, as opposed to English which is a Germanic language. Haitians speak French, so technically they are Latinos too, since French comes from the Latin language. The correct term is "Hispanic" if you want to refer to a Spanish Speaker.
Are colombians Hispanics or Latinos?
i hav a friend whos columbian and latin so they are latin
