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     Tthanks Pilla Bewarse Username: Tthanks Post Number: 968 Registered: 01-2013 Posted From: 171.161.160.10 Rating: N/A |
While the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, Hispanic is a narrower term and refers mostly to persons of Spanish-speaking ancestry, while Latino is more frequently used to refer more generally to anyone of Latin American origin or ancestry, including Brazilians.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] Hispanic thus includes Spanish speaking Latin Americans countries and Spain, excluding both Portuguese and Brazilians (who speak Portuguese) while Latino includes both Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking Latin Americans, but excluding Spain. The choice between the terms Latino and Hispanic among those of Spanish speaking ancestry is also associated with location: persons of Spanish speaking ancestry residing in the eastern United States tend to prefer the term Hispanic, whereas those in the West tend to prefer Latino.[12] |