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Italians

Also known as Italian people

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 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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Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Italians
Ethnic group.image: Map of the Italian Diaspora in the World.svg
Ethnic group.population: ''''''
Ethnic group.regions: 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)
Ethnic group.pop9: 1.5 million (incl. ancestry)
Ethnic group.pop10: c. 1.2 million
Ethnic group.pop11: 1.1 million (incl. ancestry)
Ethnic group.pop12: 1 million (incl. ancestry)
Ethnic group.pop13: 637,417
Ethnic group.pop14: 600,000

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Ιταλίδα
Population: 130000000

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Commons category: People of Italy
Commons gallery: Italiani
native label: italiani

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Contents

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

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".)