Countries, Nationalities and Languages in English
This chart shows the Country, Language and Nationality of many major countries from around the world. Click on the sound image next to the country to hear the correct pronunciation of each group of nationalities. Each group of words are repeated twice.
Pronunciation File Country Language Nationality
One syllable
France French French
Greece Greek Greek
ends in '-ish'
Britain English British
Denmark Danish Danish
Finland Finnish Finnish
Poland Polish Polish
Spain Spanish Spanish
Sweden Swedish Swedish
Turkey Turkish Turkish
ends in '-an'
Germany German German
Mexico Spanish Mexican
The United States English American
ends in '-ian' or '-ean'
Australia English Australian
Brazil Portuguese Brazilian
Egypt Arabic Egyptian
Italy Italian Italian
Hungary Hungarian Hungarian
Korea Korean Korean
Russia Russian Russian
ends in '-ese'
China Chinese Chinese
Japan Japanese Japanese
Portugal Portuguese Portuguese
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Do you have any idea why the nationalities end so differently? My ESL students challenged me to explain why, and my searching has been fruitless! Thanks!
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