Adam COOPER wrote:
I've always been against the nationality/culture gismu, but it's part of the history of the language. As for how they were chosen, they are the nations represented by the languages from which the gismu were formed, plus names of countries, languages and cultures that are common in those languages.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.
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