Countries, Nationalities and Languages.

Question

Most of us know the Spanish names for the countries spoken about quite commonly and more frequently like United States, England, China, Japan, Canada, India, Australia and many more ..

However we live in a fairly big world and there are so many countries and languages spoken around the globe,, and this is an attempt to present to you all a compilation of the other beautiful country names with their respective languages and adjectives for nationality.

Starting with my own country and then moving forwards my post will bring forth around 80 vocabulary items concerning the country names and other related words and is intended to aid the intermediate students enhancing their geographical vocabulary .. hehe

1. India :La India..... Indian : El Indio, La India
2. Rusia : Spanish Name : Rusia,,,, Language : El Ruso,,,,,, Natinality (Russian) : El Ruso, La Rusa.
3. Estonia : Spanish Name : Estonia .... Language : El Estonio ,,,, Nationality (Estonian) : El Estonio, La Estonia.
4. Latvia : Spanish Name : Letonia,,,,,Language : El Letón,,,,,, Nationality (Latvian) : El Letón, La Letona. 5: Lithuania : Spanish Name : Lituania,,,,,Language : El Lituano,,, El Lituano, La Lituana.

5. Ukraine : Spanish Name : Ucrania,,,,,, Language : El Ucraniano... Nationality (Ukrainian) : El Ucraniano, La Ucraniana.

6. Belarus : Spanish Name : Bielorrusia,,,,, Language : El Bielorruso,,,,,, Nationality (Belarussian) : El Bielorruso, La Bielorrusa..

7. Poland : Spanish Name : Polonia,,,,, Language : El Polaco,,,,, Nationality(Polish) : El Polaco, La Polaca...

8. Slovakia : Spanish name : Eslovaquia,,,, Language : El Eslovaco,,,,,,, Nationality (Slovak) : El Eslovako, La Eslovaka.

   10.Hungary : Hungaría, Language : El Húngaro,, Nationality (Hungarian) : El Húngaro, La Húngara.

9. Yugoslavia : Yugoslavia. Language : Serbo-Croatian : Serbo-Croata..,,,,Nationality : El Yugoslavo, La Yugoslava

10. Croatia : Spanish Name : Croacia...... Croatian : El Croata, La Croata..

    1. Bosnia : Spanish Name : Bosnia........ Bosnian : El Bosnio, La Bosnia.

    2. Montenegro : Spanish name: Montenegro : Nationality( montenegrin) : montenegrino, montenegrina.

    3. Macedonia : Spanish name : El Macedonia: Nationality : El Macedonio, La Macedonia.

    4. Albania : Spanish name : Albania. Nationality(Albanian) : El Albano, La Albana.

    5. Greece : Spanish Name : Grecia ,,, Nationality : El Griego, La Griega.

    6. Cyprus : Spanish name : Chipre ,,,, Nationality (Cypriot) : El Chipriota, La Chipriota.

    7. Bulgaria : Spanish name : Bulgaria ,,,, Nationality (Bulgarian) : El Búlgaro, La Búlgara.

    8. Romania : Spanish Name : Rumania. ,,, Nationality : El Rumano, La Rumana.

    9. Turkey : Turquía. Nationality : El Turco, La Turca.

    10. Sweden : Suecia ... Nationality : (Swedish) : El Sueco, La Sueca.

    11. Norway : Noruega ... Nationality : (Norwegian) : El Noruego, La Noruega.

    12. Finland : Finlandia .. Nationality : El Finlandés, La Finlandesa.

    13. Denmark : Dinamarca ... Danish : El Danés, La Danesa.

    14. Ireland : Irlanda .... Irish : El Irlandés. La Irlandesa.

    15. Great Britain : Gran Britaña ,,, El Británico, La Británica.

    16. Scotland : Escocia ,,, Scotish: El Escocés, La Escocesa.

    17. Wales : El País de Gales ... Welsh : El Galés, La Galesa.

    18. Netherlans : Los Paises Bajos .. Nationality : El Holandés, La Holandesa.

    19. Belgium : Bélgica, ,,, Nationality : El/La Belga.

    20. Honduras : Honduras ,,,, Honduran : El Hondureño, La Hondureña.

    21. El Salvador : El Salvador ,,,,,,Salvadoran : El Salvadoreño, La Salvadoreña.

    22. Nicaragua : Nicaragua ,,,, Nicaraguan : El Nicaragüense, La Nicaragüense.

    23. Costa Rica : Costa Rica ,,,, Nationality : Costarricense.

    24. Panama : Pnamá,,,, Panamanian : El Panameño. La Panameña.

    25. Cuba : Cuba ...... Cuban : El Cubano, La Cubana.

    26. Domenican Republic : La República Dominicana, Nationality : El Dominicano, La Dominicana.

    27. Uruguay : Uruguay ,,,,,,, Nationality : El Uruguayo, La Uruguaya.

    28. Brazil : El Brasil ,,,, Brazilian : El Brasileño, La Brasileña.

    29. Israel : Israel : Nationality : El Israelí, La Israelí.

    30. Philippines : Filipinas : Nationality : El Filipino/La Filipina.

Please disregard the numbering .. as there seems to be some bug on the site which has spoiled up the numbering of the sequence - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

You missed out OZ, the peoples from there are Aussies. - ray76, Sep 1, 2014

Please eliminate those "el: and "la" from the nationalities. - chileno, Sep 1, 2014

Very nice, Jimmy! - rac1, Sep 1, 2014

Hola, Chileno, The Nationalities can be used as both nouns and adjectives .. for example .. El Indo dijo a la persona italiana .. hehe - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

Hello Sir, Ray, I didn't include OZ because It is already well known among all (one of the big players hehe) .. But Australians are called .. El Austriaco, La Austriaca - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

Are you sure the adjectives for nationality should be capitalized in Spanish? - latte_art, Sep 1, 2014

Jimmy, los austriacos viven en Austria - lo que está en Europa. Ray es australiano - 005faa61, Sep 1, 2014

@latte_Art... Well no, I am not sure but think when they are used as nouns then they should ideally be capitalized but I am not sure .. hehe - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

Si, Amigo JC, tienes razon, siempre me confundo entre Australia y Austria porque parecen muy semejantes .. hehe - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

Deaar God, Austria and Australia, Suecia y Suiza.. But Chileno is right. No article, El Jimmy. - annierats, Sep 1, 2014

Hahahaha .. Annie, How can you compare El Jimmy with El Indio, o La Suiza etc. Jimmy is a proper noun and articles can't be used with proper nouns , I can't say .. La Annie es una mujer muy linda .. but I sure can say ,, La suecia que se llama Annie es mu - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

es miuy Linda .. Which works the same way as it does in English .. The Swedish whose name is Annie is very beautiful ... these adjectives of nationality can be used in nominative case and act as common nouns (like The boy, The girl etc,) and sure take an - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

article .. if you don't trust me on this, please trust SD ,, please take a gander at the following link - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/indian - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

So I respectfuly disagree with you and Chileno .. and I am 100 percent positive on this one .. hehe - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

@ J T L , Soy Australiano , vivo en Melbourne Australia, not friggin Austria , you Chapati ! - ray76, Sep 2, 2014

Haha, sorry sir, I often get confused and mixed up between Australia and Austria ,, and Suiza y suecia .. my bad .. yo se que es australiano :) - 00b055e0, Sep 2, 2014

Answer 1

RAE has a nice listing, albeit slightly outdated and presumably only containing nations officially recognized by the UN as independent nations at the time the list was compiled. It includes nations, capitals, and nationalities. And alternatives in some cases where there is more than one accepted spelling.

Plus this comment:

En los nombres de países que se usan opcional u obligatoriamente con artículo, este aparece en el lema pospuesto y entre paréntesis siempre que no forme parte del nombre propio (razón por la que se escribe con minúscula inicial)

http://lema.rae.es/dpd/apendices/apendice5.html

Thanks for sharing the link my friend :) - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

It is a great link, I think everyone should know about it, :) - bosquederoble, Sep 1, 2014

Sure thing,, will take a look ASAP .. thanks again :) - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

Answer 2

Jimmy, aunque sea posible decir britanico' obritanica' la verdad es que todo el mundo dice inglés e inglesa. Y como sueca, prefiero que me llamas vikinga.. Y por favor, soy vikinga, no soy LA vikinga...

Yes Ingles is the nationality for England and Britanico for Great Britain .. though in essence there are the same .. hehe - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014

they** - 00b055e0, Sep 1, 2014