I mean:
English
Russian
French? (how did this happen? France --> French?!?)
Chinese
And someone from Afghanistan is an Afghan? How did the word get shorter not longer? 🤔
Also, why is a person from India called an Indian, but the language is called Hindi? This breaks my brain…
Philippines --> Filipino? They just saw the “Ph” and decided to use an “F”? 🤔
Okay idk how language even works anymore…
[This is an open discusssion thread on languages and their quirks…]
For anyone else wondering, according to the wiki: “The name “Japan” is based on Min or Wu Chinese pronunciations of 日本 (pronounced a bit like JOO-pun)* and was introduced to European languages through early trade.”
*parentheses mine.
Min and Wu are wildly different. Is there pronunciation similar in this case?
I think that’s why it was “Min or Wu” there.
I can read, that’s why I’m asking this question!
Thanks for the sass