There was a pretty big struggle session over it a while back.
From what I remember I heard some people going with, just calling people Latin. I also heard Latines, which I like but iirc someone in the thread was pointing something out about grammar in Spanish not making sense with it? I've also heard of pronouncing Latinx like latin-eh (identical to singular Latines), like how the x sounds in Mexico when you say it in Spanish.
Finally this just reminded me of Latin@ which I haven't seen brought up in a while!
I think Latin works in English--we already talk about "Latin American" people anyways. And Latine sounds good enough for me in Spanish. But honestly this issue has definitely been a bag of worms, and I'm also not a native speaker.
There was a pretty big struggle session over it a while back.
From what I remember I heard some people going with, just calling people Latin. I also heard Latines, which I like but iirc someone in the thread was pointing something out about grammar in Spanish not making sense with it? I've also heard of pronouncing Latinx like latin-eh (identical to singular Latines), like how the x sounds in Mexico when you say it in Spanish.
Finally this just reminded me of Latin@ which I haven't seen brought up in a while!
I think Latin works in English--we already talk about "Latin American" people anyways. And Latine sounds good enough for me in Spanish. But honestly this issue has definitely been a bag of worms, and I'm also not a native speaker.
As I commented in that struggle sesh,
It should be Latin-EKEES - pronounced like X in Spanish
Or Latines. (It’s not perfect because we’re not pluralizing “Latin” but it’s better than latinx)
“Latinx” is a form of linguistic imperialism, imposing English phonetics onto another language.
Fwiw, I’m part of a big Mexican family and I’ve never heard anyone use it.