Do you know how many nationalities in the world? The answer to this question is not as easy as it seems at first glance. There are quite a few contradictions in the understanding of the term “nationality”. What is it? Ethnic background? Linguistic community? Citizenship? This article will be devoted to bringing some clarity to the problems of nationalities of the world. And we will consider which ethnic groups give rise to the greatest number of beauties and attractive men. Naturally, nationalities can disappear, assimilate. And the individual in our age of globalization can be a product of the mixing of various ethnic groups. And often it’s hard for a person to answer the question of who he is by nationality. But if we talk about large groups of people, then here we can distinguish several factors by which ethnicity is determined.
Citizenship and Nationality
Firstly, not all powers are monolithic in the ethnic composition of their population. And even if we do not take into account the presence of migrants, the so-called “first-generation citizens,” then we cannot say that there are one hundred and ninety-two nationalities of the world. The list of states (namely, as many of them on the political map) does not give us an idea of the numerous ethnic groups inhabiting these same countries. For example, representatives of more than one hundred and eighty nationalities live in the Russian Federation. And North and South Korea is inhabited by one people, separated by a demarcation line due to political strife. There is the concept of "American nation", but it is extremely motley in ethnic composition. The same can be said of Australia, New Zealand and Canada, whose lands were settled by emigrants from around the world. At the same time, even in a country as seemingly monolithic in ethnic composition as Poland, there are Silesians, Kashubians, Lemks, and other groups.
Language and nationality
One of the markers by which one can determine a person’s belonging to a particular nation is his language. In many countries , censuses place this factor at the forefront. If we are guided by this marker, then the question of how many nationalities in the world can be answered: from two and a half to five thousand. Why such a huge spread in numbers? Because we are facing a new challenge: what is language? Is it a dialect, dialect used by a certain ethnic community? But to determine the nationality of a person by language is also not entirely correct. After all, not all Jews know Hebrew. And the Irish language has almost died, and now the government is making incredible efforts to revive it. Green Island residents speak English, but they don’t consider themselves British.
Appearance and Nationality
An even more unsteady way is to determine the ethnicity of an individual according to his physiological characteristics. What can we say about a person’s appearance? If he has blond hair and blue eyes, then he can equally well turn out to be both a Swede, and a Russian or a Pole. Of course, we can talk about Slavic appearance, Scandinavian, Mediterranean, Latin American, but all this does not give us an idea of what the representative of the “titular nation” should look like. Moreover, with the dominant gene of brunettes, blondes gradually "die out". The nationalities of the world, whose representatives inhabited the lands formerly known as the countries of fair-haired people (Bulgaria, states on the Balkan Peninsula, Italy, Georgia), after the Turkish conquest noticeably "got dark". So to determine the ethnic group in appearance is not possible. Although, of course, there are certain facial features that are often found in representatives of one or another nationality.
Ethnic Formation
All nationalities of the world in their historical development have come a long way. Ancient tribes entered into military trade unions and for a long time lived in close proximity. Certain distinctions were erased from this, dialects converged, forming one language. You can give as an example the ancient Romans. In addition to the Latins who inhabited the region along the banks of the Tiber, venets, augones, lucans, waxes, messups, pizzas, umbrellas and falisks took part in the formation of the people. And their dialects still exist! The huge Roman Empire, which included many nationalities, fell apart in the Middle Ages. Latin - the official language of the ancient state - gave impetus to the formation of Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish. Awareness of many ethnic groups by one community in the state creates a nation.
Natural assimilation
Not all nationalities of the world have survived to this day. A smaller nationality, surrounded by a larger one, risks losing its identity, especially if it is included in the state, where this largest nationality is considered the “titular nation”. This happened in the USSR. The first census, conducted in 1926, found that 178 nationalities lived in the state. In 1956, there were only 109 of them. And there were 91 major nationalities, which numbered more than ten thousand people. Thus, over less than thirty years the number of ethnic groups has significantly decreased. Of course, not everyone became Russian. Adzharians, Lazs, Svans and Mingrelians began to associate themselves with Georgians; Kuramintsy, Turks and Kipchaks began to consider themselves Uzbeks. Thus, if you do not support the cultural characteristics of small nations, there is a serious risk that they will disappear.
Forced assimilation
Sometimes governments, wary of separatist sentiments, pursue policies aimed at consciously destroying nationality as such. They do not kill members of an ethnic minority, but carry out targeted assimilation measures. For example, in Poland, after the Second World War, all Lemcs were taken out of their compact places and settled in small groups in other regions of the country. In the south of France, students were punished for a long time if they began to speak the local Occitan dialect. Only in the eighties of the twentieth century, under the pressure of the public, optional courses were opened to study the almost disappeared dialect. Since small nationalities of the world tend to dissolve in large ones, assimilating them by force is a violation of human rights.
How many nationalities are there in the world?
Nobody knows that. According to various sources, nationalities of the peoples of the world can number from four and a half to six thousand. The total number of languages and dialects ranges from two and a half to five thousand. But there are still tribes that do not make contact with the civilized world (the so-called un-contacted people). How many tribes are still found in Africa, the Amazon River Valley? It is also difficult to determine the line between an ethnic group, nationality, and nationality. But there is another opinion about larger communities. It is believed that a nation is a purely political construct. This theory is gaining more and more supporters in modern society.
Beautiful nationalities of the world: list
Assimilation, of course, can lead to the disappearance of an ethnic group. But mixing blood only improves the gene pool. The so-called mestizos have always been striking in their beauty and talents. Let us recall at least the Russian poet A.S. Pushkin, in whose veins Slavic and African blood flowed. If we talk not about specific individuals, but about large groups of people, then the same relationship can be traced here. The most beautiful community is one in which different nationalities of the world are mixed, as in a crucible. So, the countries of Latin America are struck by an abundance of beauties and angel-like men. Indeed, the formation of Costa Ricans, Brazilians and Colombians was attended by local Indian tribes, Spaniards and immigrants from Africa. Citizens of the former USSR are also not bad in themselves, since many of them were born as a result of inter-ethnic marriages.
Where do the most beautiful girls live?
This question excites not only representatives of the stronger sex. Of course, everyone has his own standard of beauty, but after all, the Miss Universe contests are held? Let's do a little statistical analysis to find out which country most often meets the most beautiful women in the world. The nationality of the charming winner by the jury is not taken into account. But we will consider a charming girl representative of the "titular nation."
So, according to surveys made by various men's and women's magazines, Brazilians are in the first place in terms of beauty. After all, this Latin American country is the real
Tower of Babel. Here you can meet both an irresistible blonde and a charming black woman. Many Asian people gave the Brazilians the languor of the Japanese orchid and almond-shaped eyes. If you like tall blondes, feel free to go after them to Sweden. In third place are Argentines. The fourth position is held by Ukrainians, and the fifth by Russians.
Where do the most handsome men of the world live by nationality?
A selection of super-attractive machos from different countries was made by the portal for tourists Travelers Digest. He conducted his own research to correctly send single ladies on a romantic getaway. What happened? What nationalities of the world have generated a greater number of Apollos?
The portal warns that it evaluated not only the external data of men, but also their manners, level of intelligence, and the ability to care for a lady. The leaders in this list are Swedes, residents of New York and Amsterdam. The Top Ten included Portuguese, Argentines, Australians, Spaniards, Germans, Italians and Israelis. But girls often notice that the portal was wrong. In their opinion, residents of Latin American countries, Spaniards, Italians and Turks are more attractive.