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  National Names, Adjectives, Demonyms

In Peoplese, being an international language, the name of each nation is generally the name used by the people who live in that nation.  For example, English "German" is Peoplese "Deutschland"; English “Japan” is Peoplese "Nihon".  (In texts, these names are often foonoted in English.)

Peoplese has two spelling versions:  training version Alike English (AE) (generally using English spelling) and pure Peoplese (in which sound and spelling are exactly in sync, thus the name Sound Spell Same, SSS).  (Explanation via orange Spelling tab above.)

ADJECTIVES.  The adjective of a nation is simply the nation's Peoplese name plus the “ee” sound (rhymes with “see”, “me”, “be”).  In Alike English Peoplese, this is spelled, e.g. Kenya۔y.  In SSS, “Kenya۔ē.

DEMONYMS.  A demonym is the name given to natives of a place or ethnicity.  In Peoplese a clear rule designates demonyms:  If the nation’s name ends in a vowel, we add “n”; e.g. Kenyans.  If the name ends in a consonant, we add “an”; e.g. Nohonans.  So no memorization required. 

NAMES OF NATIONS.  For each nation, Peopleses uses the most popular name used by locals.  If the nation has several names by several ethnicities, Peoplese uses the name of the ethnicity with the largest population.  If the name uses sounds or letters not in Peoplese, Peoplese modifies the spelling to the nearest equivalent.  E.g. Albanians refer to their nation as Shqiperia; in Peoplese nothing simillar to their “shqi” sound, so we modify the national name to “Sheperia” (SSS ꝭeperēa).  Pronunciation of geopolitical enties follows Peoplese’s clear pronunciation rules:  for two syllable words, the accent (syllable pronounced loudest) is on the first syllable, three and four syllable words on the second syllable, longer words on the third syllable.); in some cases this differs from local pronunciation, but no memorization is required.

[By contrast, for geopolitical entities, English uses colonial names (e.g. India), names of European explorers (Bering Strait), European grographically centered names (Middle East), mispronunciations (Fiji instead of Veedee).  In English the demonym, the adjective, and the accent pronunciation for each nation must be memorized.  Besides saving memorization (compared to English), in Peoplese ambiguity is eliminated.  For example, in English, "French" can refer to citizens of France, to an adjective of France (French cheese), or the language of France.  In Peoplese:  Francen citizens, France۔y cheese, France۔ese language.  Only names of nations need be memorized.]

China is an exception.  Citizens of China name their nation 中国 , romanized as Zhong-guo, which could be acceptable as "Zhonguo".  But demonym ”Zhonguon“ and adjective "Zhonguo۔y do not translate well in Chinese language.  Moreover, the national name "China", sometimes with slight variations, is known planet-around; e.g. Spanish, among other languages, also use the national name "China", as does Peoplese.

The name "United States of America" has gradually transitioned into a misnomer, meaning the nation comprised of united proviinces within regions in North America plus Hawaii island chain. "America" is the name of the hemisphere.  Peoplese retains "United States of America" to designate the nation, often shortened to English acronym "USA". USA-y is the adjective, and Usan is the demonym. 

Britain is an island containing England, Scotland, and Wales regions, each the homeland of a distinct but related ethniciy.  England, Scotland, Wales, and a region in northern Ireland comprise a sovereign nation named "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (often abbreviated "United Kingdom" or "UK"),

Below is a list of members of United Nations.


NATION
(English)
NATION
(Peoplese, AE)
DEMONYM
(Peoplese, AE)
NATION
(Peoplese SSS)
DEMONYM
(Peoplese SSS)
Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistanan Afghanistan Afghanistanan
Albania Shiperia
Shiperian ꝭiperēa ꝭiperēan
Algeria al-Jazair
al-Jaziran al-Jazāir al-Jazāiran
Andorra Andorra Andorran Andōra Andōran
Angola Angola Angolan Angōla Angōlan
Antigua and Barbuda  
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbudan Antigūa and Barbūda
Antigūa and Barbūdan
Argentina Argentina Argentinan Argentēna Argentēnan
Armenia  
Hayastan Hayastanan Hāyastan Hāyastanan
Australia Australia Australian Ōstrālēa Ōstrālēan

Austria Osterreich Osterreichan Ūsterīk Ūsterīkan
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijanan Azerbījan Azerbījanan
Bahamas Bahamas Bahamasan Bahamaz Bahamazan

Bahrain al-Bahrain al-Bahrainan al-Bahrān al-Bahrānan
Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladeshan Bangladeʃ Bangladeʃan
Barbados Barbados Barbadosan Barbādōs Barbādōsan
Belarus Belarus Belarusan Bīlarūs Bīlarūsan
Belgium Belgie Belgien Belhēa Belhēan
Belize Belize Belizean Belēz Belēzan
Benin Benin Beninan Benēn Benēnan
Bhutan Drukyul
Drukyulan
Drūkyūl Drūkyūlan
Bolivia Bolivia Bolivian Bōlivēa Bōlivēan
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Hezegovina Bosnia-Hezegovinan Bosnēa-Hezegōvēna Bosnēa-Hezegōvēnan
Botswana Botswana Botswanan Botswana Botswanan
Brazil Brasil Brasilan Brazēl Brazēlan
Burma Myanma Myanman Mīanma Mīanman
Brunei Brunei Bruneian Brūnā Brūnān
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Fasoan Burkēna Fasō Burkēna Fasōn
Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgarian Bulgarēa Bulgarēan
Burundi Uburundi Uurundian Ūbūrūnē Ūbūrūnēn
Cambodia Kampuchea Kampuchean Kampūqēa Kampūqēnan
Cameroon Cameroun Camerounan Kamurūn Kamurūnan
Canada Canada Canadan Kanada Kanadan
Cape Verde Cape Verde Cape Verdean Kabū Verde Kabū Verden
Central African Republic Central African Republic Central African Republican Sentral Afrēka Rēpublik Sentral Afrēka Rēpublikan
Chad Chad Chadan Qad Qadan

Chile Chile Chilean Qēlē Qēlēn
China China Chinan Qīna Qīnan
Colombia Colombia Colombian ōlumbēa Kōlumbēan
Comoros Komori Komorian Komōrē Komōrēn
Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rican Kōsta Rēka Kōsta Rēkan
Croatia Hrvatska Hrvatskan Hrvatska Hrvatskan
Cuba Cuba Cuban Kyūba Kyūban
Cyprus Cyprus Cyprusan Sīprus Sīprusan

Czech Republic Ceska Republik Ceska Republikan Qek Rēpublik Qek Rēpublikan
Democratic Republic of Congo Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasan Kongō-Kinʃasa Kongō-Kinʃasan
Denmark Danmark Danmarkan Danmark Danmarkan

Djibouti Djibouti Djiboutian Jēbūtē Jēbūtēn
Dominica Dominica Dominican Dōminika Dōminikan
Dominican Republic Republica Dominicana Republica Dominicanan Repūblēka Dōminikana Repūblēka Dōminikanan
East Timor Timor Lorosae
Timor Lorosaen Tēmōr Lorosaā Tēmōr Lorosaān
Ecuador Ecuador Ecuadoran Ekwadōr Ekwadōran
Egypt Misr Misran Misr Misran

El Salvador El Salvador El Salvadoran El Salvadōr El Salvadōran
Equatorial Guinea Guinea Edquatorial
Guinea Equatorialan
Ginē Ekwadōrēal Ginē Ekwadōrēalan          
Eritrea Eritrea Eritrean Ertrēa Ertrēan
Estonia Esti Estin Estē Estēn
Eswatini
Eswatiti
Eswatin
Eswatēnē Eswatēnēn
Ethiopia Eteopia Eteopian Ētēōpēa Ētēōpēan
Fiji Veetee
Veeteen Vētē Vētēn
Finland Suomee Suomeen Sūōmē Sūōmēn
France Frans Fransan Frans Fransan

Gabon Gabon Gabonan Gabōn Gabōnan
Gambia Gambia Gambian Gambēa Gambēan
Georgia Sakartvelo Sakartveloan Sekartvelō Sekartvelōn
Germany Deutschland Deutschlandan Dōēqland Dōēqlandan
Ghana Ghana Ghanan Gana Ganan

Greece Hellas Hellasan Helas Helasan

Grenada Grenada Grenadan Grenāda Grenādan
Guatemala Guatemala Guatemalan Gwatemala Gwatemalan
Guinea Guinea Guinean Jēnā Jēnān
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissauan Jēnā-Basō Jēnā-Basōn
Guyana Guyana Guyanan Gīyana Gīyanan
Haiti Ayiti
Ayitin Aētē Aētēn
Honduras Honduras Hondurasan Hondūras Hondūrasan
Hungary Magyarorszag Magyaran Mayarōrsag Mayarōrsagan
Iceland Iceland Icelandan Ēsland Ēslandan
India Bharat
Bharatan
Barut Barutan
Indonesia Indonesia Indonesian Indōnāsya Indōnāsyan۔
Iran Eran Eranan Ēran Ēranan
Iraq al-Erak
al-Erakan

al-Ērak

al-Ērakan

Ireland Eire Eirean Āreh Ārehan
Israel
Israel
Israelan
Yisraāl Yisraālan
Italy Italia Italian Italēa Italēan
Ivory Coast Cote-divoire Cote-divoirean Kōt-dēvwa Kōt-dēvwan
Jamaica Jamaica Jamaican Jamāka Jamākan
Japan Nihon Nihonan Nēhon Nēhonan
Jordan al-Urdun
al-Urdunan al-Ūrdūn al-Ūrdūnan
Kazakhstan Kazakstan Kazakstanan Kazakstan Kazakstanan
Kenya Kenya Kenyan Kenya Kenyan

Kiribati Kiribati Kiribatian Kērēbas Kērēbasan
Kosovo Kosovo Kosovoan Kōsōvō Kōsōvōn
Kuwait al-Kuwaitt al-Kuwaitan al-Kūwāt al-Kūwātan
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstanan Kirgustan Kirgustanan
Laos Lao Laoan Laō Laōn
Latvia Latvia Latvian Latvēya Latvēyan
Lebanon Libnan Libnanan Lebnan Lebnanan

Lesotho Lesutu Lesutun Lesūtū Lesūtūn
Liberia Liberia Liberian Lībērēa Lībērēan
Libya Libya Libyan Lēbya Lēbyan
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Liechtensteinan iktunstēn iktunstēnan
Lithuania Lietuva Lietuvan Lēetūva Lēetūvan
Luxembourg Letzebuerg Letzebuergan Lekzebūerg Lekzebūergan
Malawi Malawi Malawian Malawē Malawēn
Malaysia Malaysia Malaysian Malāja Malājan
Maldives Dhivehi Rajeh
Dhivehi Rajeh Dēvehē Rajā Dēvehē Rajān
Mali Mali Malian Malē Malēn
Malta Malta Maltan Malta Maltan

Marshall Islands Aorokin Majel
Aorokin Majelan
Aōrōkin Majel Aōrōkin Majelan

Mauritania Muritaniya Muritaniyan Mūrētanēya Mūrētanēyan
Mauritius Maurice Mauricean Mōrēs Mōrēsan
Mexico Mexico Mexicoan Mehēkō Mehēkōn
Micronesia Micronesia Micronesian Mīkrōnēja Mīkrōnējan
Moldova Moldova Moldovan Moldōva Moldōvan
Monaco Monaco Monacoan Mōrakō Mōrakōn
Mongolia Mongolia Mongolian Mongōlēa Mongōlēan
Montenegro Crna-gora Crna-goran Kma-gora Kma-goran
Morocco al-Maghrib al-Maghriban al-Magrib al-Magriban

Mozanbique Mosambique Mosambiquean Mōzambēkē Mōzambēkēn
Myanmar Myanma Myanman Myanma Myanman
Namibia Namibia Namibian Namibēa Namibēan
Nauru Nauru Nauruan Nowrū Nowrūn
Nepal Nepal Nepalan Nepal Nepalan

Netherlands Nederland Nederlandan Nederland Nederlandan

New Zealand Aotearoa Aotearoan Arōtēarōa Arōtēarōan

Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaraguan Nikaragūa Nikaragūan
Niger Nijer Nijeran Nējār Nējāran
Nigeria Nigeria Nigerian Nījērēa Nījērēan
North Korea Choson
Chosonan Qōsu Qōsunan
North Macedonia
Severna Makedoniya
Severna Madedoniyan
Severna Makedōnēya Severna Makedōnēyan
Norway Norge Norgen Nōrgeh Nōrgehan
Oman Oman Omanan Ōman Ōmanan
Pakistan Pakistan Pakistanan Pakistan Pakistanan

Palau Palau Palauan Palow Palowan
Palestine Palestine Palestinean Palestīn Palestīnan
Panama Panama Panaman Panama Panaman

Papua New Guinea Papau Niugini Papau Niuginian Papūa Nyūgēnē Papūa Nyūgēnēn
Paraguay Paragwi Paragwin Paragwī Paragwīn
Peru Peru Peruan Perū Perūn
Philippines Pilipinas Pilipinasan Pilipēnas Pilipēnasan
Poland Polska Polskan Pōlska Pōlskan
Portugal Portugal Portugalan Pōrtūgal Pōrtūgalan
Qatar Katar Kataran Kahtar Kahtaran

Republic of the Congo Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzavillean Kongō-Brazavil Kongō-Brazavilan
Romania Romania Romanian Rōmanēa Rōmanēan
Russia Rossiya Rossiyan Rosēya Rosēyan

Rwanda Urwanda Urwandan Ūrwanda Ūrwandan
Saint Kits and Nevil
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevisan Sānt Kits and Nēvis Sānt Kits and Nēvisan
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucian Sānt Lūʃu Sānt Lūʃun
Saint Vincent and Grenadines Saint Vincent and Grenadines Saint Vincent and Grenadinesan Sānt Vinsent and
Grenadēns
Sānt Vinsent and Grenadēnsan
Samoa Samoa Samoan Samōa Samōan
San Marino San Marino San Marinoan San Marēnō San Marēnōn
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principean Sow Tōmā eh Prinsēpe Sow Tōmā eh Prinsēpen
Saudi Arabia Arabiyah as Saudiyah Arabiyah as Saudiyahan Arābēa-as-Saūdē
Arābēya-as-Saūdēn

Senegal Senegal Senegalan Senegal Senegalan

Serbia Serbia Serbian Serbēya Serbēyan
Seychelles Seychelles Seychellesan Sāʃel Sāʃelan
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean Sēra Lēōn Sēra Lēōnan
Singapore Singapore Singaporean Singapōr Singapōran
Slovakia Slovensko Slovenskon Slōvenskō Slōvenskōn
Slovenia Slovania Slovanian Slōvenēya Slōvenēyan
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomonan Solomon Īland۔s Solomonan

Somalia Somalia Somalian Sōmalēya Sōmalēyan
South Africa Mzansi Mzansin Mzansē Mzansēn
South Korea Dehanminguk
dehanminguk
Dehanmēnguk Dehanmēngukan
South Sudan Gukdisudan
Gukdisudanan Gukdēsūdan Gukdēsūdanan
Spain Espanya Espanyan Espanya
Espanyan

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lankan ꝭrē Lanka ꝭrē Lankan
Sudan as-Sudan as-Sudanan as-Sūdan as-Sūdanan
Suriname Suriname Surinamean Sūrinam Sūrinaman
Sweden Sverige Sverigean Svāryeh Svāryehan
Switzerland Schweiz Schweizan
ꝭvīts ꝭvītsan
Syria Suriyah Suriyahan Sūrēya Sūrēyan
Tajikistan Tajikistan Tajikistanan Tojēkēstan Tojēkēstan
Tanzania Tanzania Tanzanian Tanzanēa Tanzanēan
Thailand Pratatetai
Pratatetai
Pratātī Pratātīn
Togo Togo Togoan Togō Togōn
Tonga Tonga Tongan Tonga
Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobagoan Trinidad and Tobāgō Trinidad and Tobāgōn
Tunisia Tunisia Tunisian Tūnis Tūnisan
Turkey Turkiye Turkiyean Turkēya Turkēyan
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Turkmenistanan Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan

Tuvalu Tuvalu Tuvaluan Tūvalū Tūvalūn
Uganda Uganda Ugandan Ūganda Ūgandan
Ukraine Ukraina Ukrainan Ūkrāēna Ūkrāēna
United Arab Emirates UAE
Emiratesan

ŪAE

Emiratsan

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Britainan
Ūnīted Kingdom Britinan
United States of America USA Usan ŪSĀ Ūsan
Uruguay Uruguay Uruguayan Ūrūgwī Ūrūgwīn
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistanan Ōzbekistan Ōzbekistanan
Vanautu Vanautu Vanautuan Vanūatū Vanūatūn
Venezuela Venezuela Venezuelan Venezwāla Venezwāla
Vietnam Vietnam Vietnaman Vēetnanam Vēetnaman
Yemen Yemen Yemenan Yeman
Yeman

Zambia Zambia Zambian Zambēa Zambēan
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwean Zimbabwā Zimbabwān

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