One big vocabulary and English pronunciation problem is knowing how to pronounce English names of countries, nationalities, and languages. In today’s English lesson, Niharika is bringing you the correct pronunciation of 25 most common countries, nationalities and their languages, that can help you remember them better.
Country | Nationality | Language |
Argentina | Argentine/Argentinean | Spanish |
Australia | Australian | English |
Bolivia | Bolivian | Spanish |
Brazil | Brazilian | Portuguese |
Cambodia | Cambodian | Cambodian |
Cameroon | Cameroonian | French/English |
Canada | Canadian | English/French |
Chile | Chilean | Spanish |
Colombia | Colombian | Spanish |
Ecuador | Ecuadorian | Spanish |
Egypt | Egyptian | Arabic |
El Salvador | Salvadorian | Spanish |
Estonia | Estonian | Estonian |
Ethiopia | Ethiopian | Amharic |
Ghana | Ghanaian | English |
India | Indian | Various |
Indonesia | Indonesian | Indonesian |
Iran | Iranian | Persian |
Italy | Italian | Italian |
Jordan | Jordanian | Arabic |
Korea | Korean | Korean |
Lithuania | Lithuanian | Lithuanian |
Nigeria | Nigerian | Ibo, Hausa etc. |
Panama | Panamanian | Spanish |
Peru | Peruvian | Spanish |
Romania | Romanian | Romanian |
Syria | Syrian | Arabic |
Ukraine | Ukrainian | Ukrainian |
Afghanistan | Afghan | Persian-Pashto |
Belgium | Belgian | French/Flemish |
Costa Rica | Costa Rican | Spanish |
Cuba | Cuban | Spanish |
Dominican Republic | Dominican | Spanish |
Germany | German | German |
Guatemala | Guatemalan | Spanish |
Haiti | Haitian | French/Creole |
Honduras | Honduran | Spanish |
Kenya | Kenyan | Swahili |
Malaysia | Malaysian | Malay/Malaysian |
Mexico | Mexican | Spanish |
Morocco | Moroccan | Arabic/French |
Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | Spanish |
Norway | Norwegian | Norwegian |
Paraguay* | Paraguayan* | Spanish |
Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican | Spanish |
Russia | Russian | Russian |
South Africa | South African | Afrikaans, English, etc. |
United States | American** | English |
Uruguay* | Uruguayan* | Spanish |
Venezuela | Venezuelan | Spanish |
England | English | English |
Finland | Finnish | Finnish |
Denmark | Danish | Danish |
Netherlands/Holland | Dutch | Dutch |
France | French | French |
Ireland | Irish | Irish/English |
Spain | Spanish | Spanish |
Sweden | Swedish | Swedish |
Poland | Polish | Polish |
Turkey | Turkish | Turkish |
Wales | Welsh | Welsh/English |
China | Chinese | Chinese |
Japan | Japanese | Japanese |
Portugal | Portuguese | Portuguese |
Taiwan | Taiwanese | Chinese |
Vietnam | Vietnamese | Vietnamese |
Czech Republic | Czech | Czech |
Greece | Greek | Greek |
Iceland | Icelander | Icelandic |
Iraq | Iraqi | Arabic |
Israel | Israeli | Hebrew |
New Zealand | New Zealander | English/Maori |
Pakistan | Pakistani | Urdo |
Philippines | Filipino | Tagalog/Filipino |
Qatar | Qatari | Arabic |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi | Arabic |
Switzerland | Swiss | Swiss |
Tajikistan | Tajik | Tajik (Persian) |
Thailand | Thai | Thai |