What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?
What's the rule for which 'national identity adjective' suffix to use?
[-ish] Ireland, Scotland = Irish, Scottish
[-an] Morocco, Germany = Moroccan, German
[-ese] Portugal, China = Portuguese, Chinese
What rule is at play here? 🤔
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Demonyms don't follow any particular rules, as far as I know. I'm an "-egian" myself.
43 0 ReplyHuman languages: the words are made up and the rules don't matter.
Especially true for English.
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