Wikibooks: Japanese/Vocabulary/Countries, languages and nationalities

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
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= Languages 言語= In most cases the name of a language will be the name of the country where it is spoken with the suffix furi 語 ご . Example France/French becomes フランス/フランス語 . There are exceptions to these and they are so noted in the country names below. English is spoken in several countries. These are all called furi 英語 えいご except in the case of the United States the language of which is sometimes referred to as furi 米語 べいご . = Nationalities 国籍= The nationality of a person from a particular country is generally that of the country appended with furi 人 じん . For example A Chinese person is furi 中国 ちゅうごく furi 人 じん and a Canadian would be カナダ furi 人 じん . = Continents 大陸= Japanese vocabulary entry begin Japanese vocabulary entry english = Continent japanese= 大陸 reading = たいりく Japanese vocabulary entry english = Africa japanese= アフリカ大陸 reading = アフリカたいりく Japanese vocabulary entry english = Antarctica japanese= 南極大陸 reading = なんきょくたいりく Japanese vocabulary entry english = Asia japanese= アジア大陸 亜細亜大陸 reading = アジアたいりく Japanese vocabulary entry english = Australia japanese= オーストラリア大陸 reading = オーストラリアたいりく Japanese vocabulary entry english = Europe japanese= ヨーロッパ大陸 reading = ヨーロッパたいりく notes = Normally the European continent is often called ユーラシア大陸 (ユーラシアたいりく / Eurasian continent) together with the Asian continent. Japanese vocabulary entry english = North America japanese= 北アメリカ大陸 北米 reading = きたアメリカたいりく ほくべい Japanese vocabulary entry english = South America japanese= 南アメリカ大陸 南米 reading = みなみアメリカたいりく なんべい Japanese vocabulary entry end = Africa アフリカ= Japanese vocabulary entry begin Japanese vocabulary entry english = Algeria ...