Italians
Sign in to saveItalians (, ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Italian geographical region. Italians share a common culture, history, ancestry and language. Their ancestors, differing regionally, include the various Italic peoples, notably among them the ancient Romans, who helped create and evolve the Italian identity. The Latin equivalent of the term Italian had been in use for natives of the geographical region since antiquity. Ethnic Italians (a group which includes people of Italian descent without Italian citizenship) can be distinguished from Italian nationals, who are citizens of Italy reg
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Italians are an ethnic group and nation native to Italy who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language, with roots tracing back to ancient Italic peoples including the Romans. The term matters because it distinguishes both ethnic Italians and their descendants worldwide from Italian nationals, who are simply citizens of the Italian state.
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- Italians
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- Ethnic group.population
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- 55,551,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 32–34 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 25 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 16–23 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 5–6 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 2–2.5 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 2 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 2 million (incl. ancestry)
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 1.5–2 million (incl. ancestry)
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- Name
- History
- Roman era
- The Middle Ages
- The Renaissance and the Age of Discovery
- The French Revolution and Napoleon
- Italian unification and the Kingdom of Italy
- The Italian Republic
- Ethnogenesis
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Roman
- Middle Ages
- Modern period
- Italian Surnames
- Italian diaspora
- Culture
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Politics
- Law and justice
- Economy
- Visual art
- Music
- Theatre and dance
- Cinema
- Science and technology
- Mathematics
- Nobel Prizes
- Architecture
- Cuisine
- Fashion and design
- Italian fashion
- Italian design
- Sport
- Women
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Bibliography
Italians (, ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Italian geographical region. Italians share a common culture, history, ancestry and language. Their ancestors, differing regionally, include the various Italic peoples, notably among them the ancient Romans, who helped create and evolve the Italian identity. The Latin equivalent of the term Italian had been in use for natives of the geographical region since antiquity. Ethnic Italians (a group which includes people of Italian descent without Italian citizenship) can be distinguished from Italian nationals, who are citizens of Italy regardless of ancestry or nation of residence.
The majority of Italian nationals are native speakers of the country's official language, Italian, a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin. However, some of them also speak a regional or minority language native to Italy, the existence of which predates the national language. (According to UNESCO, there are approximately 30 languages native to Italy, although many are often incorrectly referred to as "Italian dialects".)