ITALIANS
Italians
Italians are a nation and ethnic group native to Italy who share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Legally, Italians are citizens of the Italian Republic, regardless of ancestry or country of residence, and are distinguished from people of Italian descent and from ethnic Italians living in territories adjacent to the Italian Peninsula.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Italians
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