Italians

Italians (Italian: italiani) are an ethnic group native o Italy that share a common Italian culture, ancestry an speak the Italian leid as a mither tongue. Legally, Italians are citizens o the Italian Republic, regardless o ancestry or kintra o residence (tho the principle o jus sanguinis is uised extensively an arguably mair favorably in the Italian naitionality law), an are distinguisht frae fowk o Italian strynd an frae ethnic Italians livin in territories adjacent tae the Italian Peninsulae.^[5]

For a specific analysis o the population o Italy, see Demografics o Italy.

Italians

Individuals namit frae left tae richt: 1st row: Alessandro Volta, Enrico Fermi, Lorenzo de Medici, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Giacomo Leopardi 2nd row: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Federico Fellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Dante Alighieri 3rd row: Anna Magnani, Ugo Foscolo, Umberto Eco, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Galileo Galilei 4th row: Antonio Vivaldi, Guglielmo Marconi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Alessandro Manzoni, Grazia Deledda 5th row: Giosuè Carducci, Luciano Pavarotti, Niccolò Machiavelli, Marco Polo, Valentino Rossi 6th row: Sergio Leone, Luigi Pirandello, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Salvatore Quasimodo.
Tot population
c. 124 million
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Italy        55,695,126 [1]
Brazil	32,047,494[2]
Argentinae	16,427,786[2]
Unitit States	15,728,020[2]
Fraunce	1,903,890[2]
Canadae	1,445,335[3]
Uruguay	1,055,220[2]
Australie	852,418[4]
Germany	695,160[2]
Swisserland	521,146[2]
Belgium	376,091[2]
Unitit Kinrick	255,403[2]
Chile	184,997[2]
Venezuela	126,553[2]
Sooth Africae	77,400[2]
Spain	38,694[2]
Ither kintras	<20,000
Leids
Historically Laitin, noudays Italian an ither leids. (Sicilian · Neapolitan · Corsican · Sardinie · Piedmontese · Ligurie · Lombard · Venetian · Friulan)
Releegion
Predominantly Roman Catholic.
Relatit ethnic groups
Ither Laitin fowks: French • Portuguese • Romanies • Romansch • Spainyie • Walloons Historically relatit: Greeks • Maltese