Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square222fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretatann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoFrance also uses the world “nippon” as an adjective equivalent of “japanese”
minus-squaresircac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoSame both Japón & Nipón for Spanish language but with its phonetics
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoSame in Italian. Giappone and nipponico.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoIt is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now. But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours agoMaybe it’s just regional for me, but we say Japonais
In France it’s called Japon.
France also uses the world “nippon” as an adjective equivalent of “japanese”
Same both Japón & Nipón for Spanish language but with its phonetics
Same in Italian. Giappone and nipponico.
I love this exchange.
It is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now.
But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.
Maybe it’s just regional for me, but we say Japonais