This triggers me!

[wonyluvr]

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[zesocialanimal]

It’s the fault of the Italians, usually the name for a person from a country that ends in -ia is to add an n to it.

Algeria, Algerian
Bosnia, Bosnian
Croatia, Croatian

Since Somalia ends in ia it’s no wonder English speakers assume Somalis are called Somalians

 

[wonyluvr]

 

[Sigmundd]

Is always used negatively aswell and it's always from that miserable island.

 

[chut]

How do you find that offensive? Somali is the ethnicity but somalian is the nationality if you're from somalia.

 

[NidarNidar]

How do you find that offensive? Somali is the ethnicity but somalian is the nationality if you're from somalia.

Somali would still be the nationality, like Irish being a ethnicity and also the nationality of Ireland, you're not going to say Irisian.

 

[wonyluvr]

How do you find that offensive? Somali is the ethnicity but somalian is the nationality if you're from somalia.

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[wonyluvr]

What about somalis from djibouti, is their nationality also somali?

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[chut]

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So do you not like the name of the country?

 

[bobby_hill-Punt]

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It even Sounds wrong once pronounced

 

[chut]

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[chut]

Somali would still be the nationality, like Irish being a ethnicity and also the nationality of Ireland, you're not going to say Irisian.

If somali is a nationality then are those ethnic minorities native to somalia also somali?

 

[NidarNidar]

If somali is a nationality then are those ethnic minorities native to somalia also somali?

No, their nationality might be Somali, but they are not ethnically Somali.