The American continent was colonized by people from several European nations, among them: Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and Dutch. These peoples began to explore all of America and impose their culture in a forced way on the native peoples of the continent.
This cultural influence from different nationalities produced distinctions between countries on the continent, especially with regard to language. Given this factor, the continent is regionalized into Latin America and Anglo-Saxon America.
This distinction comes from the language spoken in the countries of the continent. Thus, Latin countries are all those that have languages derived from Latin, such as Spanish, French and Portuguese. On the other hand, nations that speak a language of Anglo-Saxon origin, such as English, form Anglo-Saxon America.
The criteria used for this regionalization is not very strict, considering that there are countries located in America Latin people who speak English, including Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Dutch, which is spoken in Suriname. Not to mention countries that preserve their native languages, such as Paraguay, which, in addition to Spanish, speaks Guarani.
There are countries, like Canada, considered Anglo-Saxon, but that speak both English and French (this in some parts of the country), a language derived from Latin.
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By Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
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FREITAS, Eduardo de. "The differences between Latin America and Anglo-Saxon"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/as-diferencas-entre-america-latina-anglosaxonica.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.
