They call Japan itself “Nihon”, so what do they know… /s
Supein sama
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hades@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 weeks ago
Europe: take your pick of randos.
It’s interesting that they went with the English names of some countries (i.e. “Supainu”, “Suweden” and “Porando” could have been “Esupaniya”, “Suberige” and “Porusuka” or similar) but chose native ones for some well-known countries like Germany.
limonade@jlai.lu 1 week ago
In what world in Spain not a famous country?!
9point6@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I think this is because Germany and Japan share a surprising amount of history with each other IIRC
rockerface@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Ukraine got a native name, too!
Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
I expect that is has something to do with the Dutch trade monopoly with Japan. Most countries seem like pronounced as in Dutch, only japanized.
Kyatto@leminal.space 5 weeks ago
well… not really, it’s the romaji spelling of them.
maniel@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
of course, how else would non Japanese speaking people read it? Also the country names are on the easier side of pronunciation, so not much is lost when using romanji, it’s not like in other SEA languages where tones are lost in Latin spelling
limonade@jlai.lu 1 week ago
Et le Lichtenstein alors ?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
That’s the English approximation of Japanese
SwordInStone@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
transliteration
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
The igirisu and faransu arc was crazy!
Zwiebel@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Germany when no rando 😢
observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Rumania probability the closest to the country’s native name.
maniel@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
this and Burajiru or Betonamu:D
ton618@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Did they forget to name Slovakia?
hades@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Surobakia (right next to Cheko)
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Conversely, here’s European countries in Finnish, albeit not by approximating in English. Image
ystael@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Isobritannia? Is that regular Britannia with the hydroxyl group attached in the middle instead of the end?
QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
It’s ISO standardized Britannia.