People from Djibouti are called Djiboutian according to Wikipedia. I thought it would be kinda weird for a country, a capital and the people to all share the exact same name.
You should change it to Djiboutian. Djibouti may have a lot of similar names but you can't blame them; their country was founded in 1977 and do you know how long it would take to chance a country name or song title? The country is corrupt enough with a president going a few extra terms. Abdi Robleh was probably just told to make a national anthem and he had no time. Nice quiz, though.
Argentinian is the correct spelling, not Argentinean. Argentine should also be accepted. Botswanan should be accepted. Ecuadorean is the correct spelling, not Ecuadorian. It's Maldivian, not Maldivan. Vanuatuan should be accepted.
I would recommend accepting "Bengali." I know it is slightly non-PC insofar as there are citizens of Bangladesh who are not ethnic Bengalis, but the same is true for Azerbaijan (Azeri), Kazakhstan (Kazakh), Uzbekistan (Uzbek) etc. and those are accepted.
Bangladesh as a name just means "Bengali Country" in Bengali.
Agree with w3irdchamp. Just because ethnic minorities they are a small percentage of the population, doesn't mean they are entirely insignificant. Also, Bengali refers to an ethnic group, not a nationality. Not all Bangladeshis are Bengalis, and not all Bengalis are Bangladeshis.
please include Swede, Finn, Dane, Pole, Serb, Slovak, Slovene, Bosniak (like Croat), Bajan, Gilbertese/Kiribatian, Myanmarese, Nepali, Argentine, Icelander, Aussie and Kiwi(tho informal, i hear them all the time)
either include or not: Lao, Ghanan, Irani/Persian, Surinamer, Madagascan, Israelite(as Israeli already works, show both answers)
change Djibouti to Djiboutian
above are all legitimate.
don’t include Brit(somewhat offensive), Turk(may be confusing)
As a Brit, I wanna know how Brit can be seen as offensive. I find "Bri'ish" more offensive, but definitely not Brit. It's just a shortened version of Briton.
Many of these are wrong. A demonym is a NOUN, not an adjective. So for example a Spanish person is a Spaniard, not a Spanish. A French person is a Frenchman or Frenchwoman (in English) not a French. And anyhow, as in MANY of these 'country name' quizzes, you're ignoring what the folk call THEMSELVES in their own languages.
Instead of using "a" try using "The" (ex. The French, The Spanish, The Dutch) which fits as a noun. What you say is partially correct though in that they can also be used as adjectives (The Spanish man, the French man, The Dutch man) and for which several have shortened/combined versions of those like you had mentioned.
I expected to see more angry Northern Irish people in the comments complaining that "Northern Irish" isn't included as a possible demonym for the UK tbh. Good quiz btw 👍
I think maybe the problem is that you have "danish" rather than "dane", but "luxembourger" rather than "luxembourgish", which seems a bit inconsistent.
Not inconsistent, just that Danish people speak Danish (same word/spelling different meanings), and Luxemburgers speak Luxembourgish (Denonym ; Language)
Luxembourger sounds like the most luxurious hamburger ever made.. which is not likely to be found there. And you can get into trouble if you ask to eat a Luxem-bourger.
How do you add the categories? Like the countries of different continents are separated. How do you do that? I'm trying to do it myself but I can't find out how.
All of the -stan countries use the Persian "country name + i" for demonyms. Most of them are multi-ethnic, so the ethnic name is Kazakh, Uzbek, etc. but the citizens of the countries (who may or may not be of the namesake ethnicity) are Kazakhstani, Uzbekistani, etc. Nepal has also asked to follow this convention, preferring Nepali to Nepalese. Another notable demonym that follow this Persian convention is Azerbaijani vs Azeri. We see this Persian convention in Arabic countries, too. Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Yemeni, etc. And of course Paki would be soooo wrong for Pakistani!
Nice quiz but there is some ambiguity in the sense that for some countries the demonym signifiying a person from that country is expected but for others a non-living thing.
I had an anthropology professor back in college whose main area of study was Niger. He lived there for multiple years. I remember him explaining that people from Nigeria are Nigerian while people from Niger are Nigerien. Crazy how a little tidbit like that came back to me years later and helped with this quiz.
a really fun quiz to try thanks for creating it. I only missed 31 on first try and should have got some more but could really use a minute or two more.this would prevent it from being a typing test and more on what you know about Demonyms.
I think that’s an issue of Slovak ethnicity vs Slovakian citizenship. In Nation-States eith one largely dominant ethnicity that can be a lot more confusing
I never say this, but I think this needs more time. I only did the ones I was sure of and figured I’d go back for the rest and I still ran out of time half way through africa.
Definitely not enough time. I didn't have time to answer all the ones I knew, let alone go back and try the ones I wasn't sure of. Please remember that not everyone has nimble fingers. I can't type as fast as I once could.
I'm happy someone finally made a quiz like this, but per the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia) the only listed demonym is Slovak, not Slovakian. You could list them both, but Slovak is the only one I have seen used by actual Slovak people when reffering to themselves in English. It might seem like a noun to you, but ime it is used as both a noun and an adjective.
Good idea for a quiz but I can't type fast enough for this! How about splitting it by continent or randomising a subset? I don't really want to actually spend longer on it!
This quiz has not been thought through properly as to whether adjectives or nouns are required.
Following your example at the top, a citizen of Rome is a Roman. A citizen of Finland is a Finn, not a Finnish. And a citizen of the UK is not 'a British'.
This is not consistent in whether to use nouns or adjectives. "Liechensteiner" is a noun, and "Swedish" is an adjective. When you say "demonym" in the title, I think you should use the nouns consistently. Therefore, I would switch to "Dane", "Swede", "Finn", "Icelander", "Brit", "Pole" and so on. Or at least accept them. Among these examples only "Dane" was accepted. I didn't check "Spaniard".
Are you typing "lander" and then going back to put the "thai" in front? As soon as "thai" is recognized it will pop on the screen; no need for the "lander" part.
Finn, Swede, Turk should all be accepted as demonyms. Just as a person from Rome is a Roman, a person from Finland is a Finn. Finnish is an adjective (or a noun when referring to language), while Finnis a noun referring to a person.
I feel less strongly on this point since it is a dated term, but Byelorussian should maybe be accepted for Belarusian since that was the English demonym for many decades, within living memory.
Surprised that I haven't seen any other comments about this. At the very least for Kazakhstan, the preferred demonym is Kazakhstani. "Kazakh" really refers to ethnic Kazakhs who only make up 63% of the population (and who also live in other countries such as Russia, China, etc). The demonym including "stani" is also preferred for most of the other "stan" countries. Turkmenian is apparently also a valid demonym for people from Turkmenistan. Secondly, Salvadorian and Salvadorean are by far the most used demonyms for people from El Salvador.
I'm English and even I find it offensive that English is accepted for the UK. For the last time - English is not the same as British. Try telling a Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish person they are English - I dare you.
Quiz creator and fellow English person here - the quiz originally only accepted British as an answer. Checking the type-ins now, both British and any of the constituent countries' demonyms (i.e. English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish) all work
Lesothoan, Botswanan, and Swazi/Swati should be acceptable for Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini respectively. After all, this is a test of English and not of those countries national languages.
At the very least, the quiz should be changed to allow either adjectival form or demonyms. I'm sure the comment section has plenty of examples, but I noticed Polish, Finnish, and pretty much all the -ish ones are strictly adjectival. Alternatively, Slovakian, Kiwi/NZer, other -er ones, I-Kiribati, etc are all strictly demonyms.
There were also some like where both forms are accepted and shown. I think for countries where they differ, that would be the best thing to do. So Spaniard/Spanish and so on.
Answers to add: Equatorial Guinean, Salvadorian/Salvadorean, Swazi, Habesha for Ethiopia, Finn, Swede, Pole, Brit(on), Turk, Gabonaise, Hellenic/Hellene for Greek, Catracho/a for Honduras, Magyar for Hungary, Kazakhstani, Kirg(h)iz and Kyrgyzstani, Lao(s), Lett(ish) for Latvia, Malinese, Slovak, Slovene, Monacan, Mongol, Netherlander, Banyarwanda, Serb, Surinamer, Formosan for Taiwan, Tajikistani, Uzbekistani, Emiri(an),
Also, if this quiz does start accepting adjectival forms, New Zealand, Philippine, Singapore, US/United States, UK/United Kingdom would also be correct
I knew Botswana and Kiribati had unusual demonyms so I was proud to get them; thought I would get them all but I couldn't figure out Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini, or Lesotho.
Gilbertese is actually the language not the demonym
Slovak is the official demonym not Slovakian.
You can check on wikipedia as well.
Also would recommend stating in the description that is adjectival demonyms only (that way you wont get loads of people trying to change the quiz in the comments)
Nice quiz though.
Jew should be acceptable for Israel. As should Israelite.
Bangladesh as a name just means "Bengali Country" in Bengali.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_for_countries_and_nations
Maybe include Persian for Iranian.
Include St Lucian for Saint Lucian.
Maybe Lao would work for Laos?
either include or not: Lao, Ghanan, Irani/Persian, Surinamer, Madagascan, Israelite(as Israeli already works, show both answers)
change Djibouti to Djiboutian
above are all legitimate.
don’t include Brit(somewhat offensive), Turk(may be confusing)
(I did enjoy the quiz, by the way, thank you!)
Should accept Swazi and Lao
Papua New Guinea
Nice quiz. I enjoyed it.
I'd also like to see a different version, with stuff like, Dane, Finn, Irishman, etc.
It'd probably make sense to cut out all the easy ones with >80%, but this makes for a fun feature.
I found swazi or swati as a demonym for Eswatini, please re-check and add if valid. Thanks!
Following your example at the top, a citizen of Rome is a Roman. A citizen of Finland is a Finn, not a Finnish. And a citizen of the UK is not 'a British'.
I feel less strongly on this point since it is a dated term, but Byelorussian should maybe be accepted for Belarusian since that was the English demonym for many decades, within living memory.
There were also some like where both forms are accepted and shown. I think for countries where they differ, that would be the best thing to do. So Spaniard/Spanish and so on.
Answers to add: Equatorial Guinean, Salvadorian/Salvadorean, Swazi, Habesha for Ethiopia, Finn, Swede, Pole, Brit(on), Turk, Gabonaise, Hellenic/Hellene for Greek, Catracho/a for Honduras, Magyar for Hungary, Kazakhstani, Kirg(h)iz and Kyrgyzstani, Lao(s), Lett(ish) for Latvia, Malinese, Slovak, Slovene, Monacan, Mongol, Netherlander, Banyarwanda, Serb, Surinamer, Formosan for Taiwan, Tajikistani, Uzbekistani, Emiri(an),
Madagascan and Vaticanian (debatable)
Great quiz
Gilbertese is actually the language not the demonym
Slovak is the official demonym not Slovakian.
You can check on wikipedia as well.
Also would recommend stating in the description that is adjectival demonyms only (that way you wont get loads of people trying to change the quiz in the comments)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_for_countries_and_nations