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Netherlands = Dutch
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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Also, in Deutschland, the descendents of the Alemmani are called Germans for some awful reason.
The English Language, where the grammar is made up and the rules don't matter.
I can add:
[-er] New Zealander
New Zealand -> Kiwi.
Only in the same way Australia -> Aussie, or England -> pom. Colloquial terms
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Or just a different word completely. Dutch.
Pfft. The Dutch...
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Demonyms don't follow any particular rules, as far as I know. I'm an "-egian" myself.
Human languages: the words are made up and the rules don't matter.
Especially true for English.
I can tell you that this is called demonym, but I don't know the answer to your question... The Wikipedia page has a long list of suffixes, but no rules: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym
The answer is that many languages import their demonyms from different foreign languages. The reason for the inconsistencies is the different, unrelated sources for words.
There is no common rule. It varies by the way the language evolved over time.
Also the word you are looking for is "Demonym"
There are no rules in English. Ask the people from each country what they prefer
Oh there's plenty of rules, and if you follow them you'll be wrong because each rule has 20 exceptions you have to memorize because English isn't a language, it's several languages in a trench coat.
I'm in Michigan, that makes me a Michigander. The rules are made up and the suffixes don't matter.
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People from Iceland are only called Icelandic because “Icish” would sound a bit silly.
Icelandese.
Icelandian.
Iceland = Icelandic
Thailand != Thailandic
Thailand comes from adding the Germanic -land suffix to the demonym Thai, a common pattern for non-Indo-European places. There’s also Swaziland and Somaliland (though there is also a Somalia).
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I think I could get behind New Zealandic
I believe they're properly called New Zoolanders.
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Denmark -> Dane
I guess that actually the other way around, Denmark : Dane's field/farm(there is a better English word for mark but can't remember)
Netherlands → Dutch
No wonder Euros say they don't exist.
Dutch is such a weird one. We don't call ourselves "Dutch" in Dutch, we call ourselves "Nederlands". This would be something like "Netherlandish" in English. We do call Germans "Duits" though, and they call themselves "Deutsch". Somehow in English German and Dutch got a bit messed up. The reason is probably that during the middle ages we did refer to our language as "Dietsch", so that probably stayed around.
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It's based on what sounds best.
Then explain Liverpudian or Mancunian.
They're both aposematisms - they're meant to be a clear signal to discourage interactions.
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Find what sounds most natural, if that can't be found, go with what sounds the least catastrophically unnatural.
Just attach "man" to the end of all of them for maximum offence.
Portugalman
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Americaneseish.
There is no rule. It just is whatever it is.
I was literally thinking about this yesterday… what’s someone from Belgium called? I couldn’t figure out an ending to add. Belgian?
Belgian?
yes
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