The alphabet and pronunciation - Lodestone
The alphabet and pronunciation - Lodestone
The alphabet and pronunciation - Lodestone
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Although the names of countries (<strong>and</strong> all proper names) are written with acapital letter as in English, the names of the inhabitants are written with asmall letter, <strong>and</strong> the adjectives derived from them usually take a smallletter: angla English, franca French.In just a few Old World countries, the name of the country ends in -l<strong>and</strong>o,so -uj- is not added <strong>and</strong> the name of the inhabitant is formed by theaddition of the suffix -an-.! Irl<strong>and</strong>o Irel<strong>and</strong>! Irl<strong>and</strong>ano an Irishman! Isl<strong>and</strong>o Icel<strong>and</strong>! Isl<strong>and</strong>ano an Icel<strong>and</strong>er! Nederl<strong>and</strong>o Holl<strong>and</strong>! Nederl<strong>and</strong>ano a Dutchman<strong>The</strong> ending -l<strong>and</strong>o may also be used instead of -ujo, but in this case, theroot is still the name of the inhabitant:! Dano a Dane! Danl<strong>and</strong>o Denmark! Polo a Pole! Poll<strong>and</strong>o Pol<strong>and</strong>! Sviso a Swiss! Svisl<strong>and</strong>o Switzerl<strong>and</strong>8 Here are some examples:! Inhabitant! Adjective! Country! anglo/ino * ! angla! Anglujo! egipto! egipta! Egiptujo! germano! germana! Germanujo! greko! greka! Grekujo! "ino! "ina! #inujo! hispano! hispana! Hispanujo! hindo! hinda! Hindujo! italo! itala! Italujo! japano! japana! Japanujo! norvego! norvega! Norvegujo! dano! dana! Danl<strong>and</strong>o! polo! pola! Poll<strong>and</strong>o! ruso! rusa! Rusujo! skoto! skota! Skotl<strong>and</strong>o! irl<strong>and</strong>ano! irl<strong>and</strong>a! Irl<strong>and</strong>o! isl<strong>and</strong>ano! isl<strong>and</strong>a! Isl<strong>and</strong>o! Nederl<strong>and</strong>ano! nederl<strong>and</strong>a! Nederl<strong>and</strong>oNote that some esperantists use -io in place of -ujo: Anglio, Francio,Germanio, etc., although this creates confusion with some New Worldnames. For that reason <strong>and</strong> others, we use the traditional -ujo here.9 In the New World, inhabitants takes their nationality from where theylive by the addition of the suffix -an- (see note 12).! Al!erio Algeria! al!eriano/ianino * an Algerian! A"stralio Australia! a"straliano an Australian! Brazilo Brazil! brazilano a Brazilian! Kanado Canada! kanadano a Canadian! Novzel<strong>and</strong>o New Zeal<strong>and</strong>! novzel<strong>and</strong>ano a New Zeal<strong>and</strong>er! Tunizio Tunisia! tuniziano a Tunisian! Usono USA! usonano an American* Remember that to make the names explicitly feminine, as with othernouns you can add -in-.Names of cities10 Some of the largest, best known cities have names in Esperanto form:Parizo, #ikago, Vieno, Moskvo, Pekino, Novjorko, $anhajo etc.
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