Which term more is more closely aligned with Spanish heritage, Latino or Hispanic?
Latino Latino ( or ) is a term often used in the United States to refer to people with cultural ties to Latin America and people of nationalities within the bounds of Latin America, in contrast to "Hispanic" which is a demonym that includes Spaniards and other speakers of the Spanish language.
Spanish language in the Americas The Spanish language spoken in the Americas is distinct from Peninsular Spanish and Spanish spoken elsewhere, such as in Africa and Asia. Linguistically, this grouping is somewhat arbitrary, akin to having a term for "overseas English" encompassing variants spoken in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand and Ireland, but not the Island of Britain. There is great diversity among the various Latin American vernaculars, and it would be hard to point to one trait shared by all of them which is not also in existence in one or more of the variants of Spanish used in Spain.