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§чﺀﺀчβчﻯ†a asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

How is the word for a particular countryman determined?

For example people for China are "Chinese", Lebanon are "Lebanese", Ireland are "Irish", etc.

I can't find any trending suffix for the name of the country that would indicate how it's categorized.

Update:

I realize they're different suffixes, but what determines how is a particular suffix assigned?

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  • Jesus on the Dashboard
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    I do not know the answer to that question, but I found a source that may explain it: http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationa...

    Hope it helps!

  • JJ
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    1 decade ago

    There is no single suffix. As you have noticed, you find -ese, -ish, you also have -ian (Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian), -an, plus others I cannot recall at present.

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