[-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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Netherlands = Dutch

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Also, in Deutschland, the descendents of the Alemmani are called Germans for some awful reason.

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So I take it that’s why it’s Allemagne?

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The German people, as a people, started as the unification of the Germanic tribes. The unified tribe called itself the tribe of all men, Alle Männer in modern German. The history of those times is narrated by romans and Greeks so we have a romanised version of that name, alamanni.

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When I was a kid our family went on vacation to the US. Everyone kept asking if I was Dutch, which I thought was German (Deutsch).
So I kept correcting them, saying I was Netherlandish :)

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Deutsch is Pennsylvania Dutch, which is German

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If you mean that Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of German and that Dutch and Deutsch share a common origin, then that is true.

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The English Language, where the grammar is made up and the rules don’t matter.

I can add:

[-er] New Zealander

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New Zealand -> Kiwi.

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Only in the same way Australia -> Aussie, or England -> pom. Colloquial terms

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When does a colloquial term become a non-colloquial? Usage by government/official contexts?

In August 2022, Minister of Immigration Michael Wood referred to 85,000 holders of recently approved New Zealand 2021 resident visas as “new Kiwis”.

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Or just a different word completely. Dutch.

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Pfft. The Dutch…

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Odd way to spell Kiwi but you do you pal

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Booo I’ma still say New Zealish

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New Zealot

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for aiur

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New Zealander is the least odd sounding of the lot.

New Zealandish

New Zealandan

New Zealandese?

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New Zealander is the least odd sounding of the lot.

New Zealandish

New Zealandan

New Zealandese?

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Newfoundlander

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Yeah I think if it ends in land it’ll probably be a lander.

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Demonyms don’t follow any particular rules, as far as I know. I’m an “-egian” myself.

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Human languages: the words are made up and the rules don’t matter.

Especially true for English.

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Canada = Canadese (nuts fit in your mouth?)

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Canadick

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Canadish

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Shortened from Canada geese

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Canadanian

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They should be Canadans

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Canuck is what we call ourselfs, eh?

: P

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There is no common rule. It varies by the way the language evolved over time.

Also the word you are looking for is “Demonym”

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