Nationalities
See also: Grammar: Plurals and Nationalities
Key:
1. Countries ending in –ia, with nationalities and languages ending in –ian.
2. Countries not ending in –ia with nationalities ending in –ian
3. Countries with nationalities ending in –an.
4. Countries with nationalities ending in –ese.
5. Countries with nationalities and languages ending in –ish.
6. Countries with nationalities ending in –i.
7. Countries with nationalities ending in –er.
8. Various other countries and nationalities.
| I am from . . . | I am . . . | They are . . . | I speak . . . |
| She is from . . . | He is . . . | We are . . . | He speaks . . . |
| Armenia | Armenian | Armenians | Armenian |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian | Bulgarians | Bulgarian |
| Cambodia | Cambodian | Cambodians | Cambodian |
| Estonia | Estonian | Estonians | Estonian |
| Indonesia | Indonesian | Indonesians | Indonesian |
| Latvia | Latvian | Latvians | Latvian |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian | Lithuanians | Lithuanian |
| Mongolia | Mongolian | Mongolians | Mongolian |
| Romania | Romanian | Romanians | Romanian |
| Russia | Russian | Russians | Russian |
| Italy | Italian | Italians | Italian |
| Hungary | Hungarian | Hungarians | Hungarian |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian | Ukrainians | Ukrainian |
| Australia | Australian | Australians | English |
| Austria | Austrian | Austrians | German |
| Bolivia | Bolivian | Bolivians | Spanish |
| Colombia | Colombian | Colombians | Spanish |
| Syria | Syrian | Syrians | Arabic |
| India | Indian | Indians | Hindi, Tamil, etc. |
| Nigeria | Nigerian | Nigerians | Ibo, Hausa, etc. |
| Brazil | Brazilian | Brazilians | Portuguese |
| Canada | Canadian | Canadians | English, French |
| Malaysia | Malay(sian) | Malay(sian)s | Malay, Cantonese, etc. |
| Norway | Norwegian | Norwegian | Norwegian |
| Belgium | Belgian | Belgians | French, Flemish |
| Egypt | Egyptian | Egyptians | Coptic |
| Iran | Iranian | Iranians | Persian, Farsi |
| Peru | Peruvian | Peruvians | Spanish |
| Korea | Korean | Koreans | Korean |
| Samoa | Samoan | Samoans | Samoan |
| Tonga | Tongan | Tongans | Tongan |
| Germany | German | Germans | German |
| Cuba | Cuban | Cubans | Spanish |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican | Costa Ricans | Spanish |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan | Guatemalans | Spanish |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | Nicaraguans | Spanish |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan | Paraguayans | Spanish |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan | Uruguayans | Spanish |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan | Venezuelans | Spanish |
| Chile | Chilean | Chileans | Spanish |
| Singapore | Singaporean | Singaporeans | English, Chinese, etc. |
| Mexico | Mexican | Mexicans | Spanish |
| Honduras | Honduran | Hondurans | Spanish |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican | Dominicans | Spanish |
| South Africa | South African | South Africans | Afrikaans, English, etc. |
| The United States | American | Americans | English |
| Japan | Japanese | Japanese | Japanese |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese | Vietnamese | Vietnamese |
| China | Chinese | Chinese | Chinese |
| Portugal | Portuguese | Portuguese | Portuguese |
| Taiwan | Chinese | Chinese | Chinese, Taiwanese |
| Nepal | Nepalese | Nepalese | Nepali |
| Denmark | Danish | Danish/Danes | Danish |
| Finland | Finnish | Finnish/Finns | Finnish |
| Poland | Polish | Polish/Poles | Polish |
| Spain | Spanish | Spanish/Spaniards | Spanish |
| Sweden | Swedish | Swedish/Swedes | Swedish |
| England | British | British/English | English |
| Scotland | Scottish | Scottish/Scots | English |
| Turkey | Turkish | Turkish/Turks | Turkish |
| Ireland | Irish | Irish | Gaelic, English |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | Bangladeshis | Bengali |
| Iraq | Iraqi | Iraqis | Arabic |
| Israel | Israeli | Israelis | Hebrew |
| Kuwait | Kuwaiti | Kuwaitis | Arabic |
| Pakistan | Pakistani | Pakistanis | Urdu |
| Qatar | Qatari | Qataris | Arabic |
| Thailand | Thai | Thai(s) | Thai |
| France | French | French | French |
| Greece | Greek | Greeks | Greek |
| The Philippines | Filipino | Filipinos | Tagalog, English, etc. |
| Czech Republic | Czech | Czechs | Czech |
| Switzerland | Swiss | Swiss | German, French, etc. |
| The Netherlands | Dutch | Dutch | Dutch |
| Iceland | Icelander | Icelanders | Icelandic |
| New Zealand | (a) New Zealander | New Zealanders | English |
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