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From: Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] gismu for nationalities
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What is the rationale behind using gismu rather than cmene for
nationalities? Or perhaps the better question is, given that this
decision was taken, how was it determined which nationalities got
gismu (porto) & which didn't (Nigeria, Vietnam, Italy?)? mu'o mi'e
.adam.