Countries, nationalities and languages

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Nationalities are the identities that indicate someone's origin/nation/citizenship. They are usually similar to the name of the country corresponded to that nationality. In English, all countries and nationalities must always be started with a capital letter. Also, most nationalities have no variations in gender (feminine or masculine) nor in number (singular or plural).

    Country Nationality

Angola	Angolan
Argentine	Argentinian/Argentinean/Argentine
Brazil	Brazilian
Bolivia	Bolivian
Canada	Canadian
China	Chinese
Egypt	Egiptian
United States	United Statian/American
Philipines	Filipina - Filipino
France	French
Guinea	Guinean
Haiti	Haitian
India	Indian
Italy	Italian
Jamaica	Jamaican
Japan	Japanese
Lebanon	Libanese
Mexico	Mexican
Mozambique	Mozambican
Portugal	Portuguese
Russia	Russian
Sudan	Sudanese
Togo	Togolese
Turkey	Turkish
Uganda	Ugandan
Uruguay	Uruguayan
Vietnam	Vietnamese
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean

Exemplos:

I am from Sudan. I am Sudanese.

She is from Mexico. She is Mexican.

We are from Colombia. We are Colombian.

You are from Brazil. You are Brazilian.

He is from China. He is Chinese.

We are from Algeria. We are Algerian.

Languages on the other hand, might or might not be directly related to the name of the country/ies where there are spoken. The languages spoken in each place might be very diverse and native or not native from that place, depending on its history. There are thousands of languages spoken nowadays. Around 7000 languages around the world.

The most spoken languages around the world nowadays in number of speakers are: English, Mandarin (Chinese), Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Bengali and Urdu.

Exemplos:

She speaks two languages: English and Portuguese.

I like to read in French.

Do you speak Guarani?

They talk in Korean.

The children only speak in Spanish.

I like to write in Arabic.

Do you speak Swahili?

They don't speak Mandarin, but they speak Cantonese.

Do you know many countries and nationalities in English? How about languages? How many do you know? How many do you speak? If you wanna practice with me, go ahead and schedule a lesson with me!