Hi everyone, I am Niharika and thanks for clicking. Well in today's lesson we are gonna
look at some vocabulary related to nationalities and languages. Now do you know how many countries
are there in this world? Well you'll be surprised; there are 196 countries in the world today.
So 196 countries, huh and if you travel a lot, you end up meeting people from different
countries. So the very first question that you ask, when you meet for the first time
is where you from? Okay where are you from? Right? Well you would not ask what is your
nationality? You would not do that. Unless you are filling up a form, may be a visa form
or probably an immigration form, where it's asked that what's your nationality? So in
this lesson today, we are gonna look at the country names. We are gonna look at nationality
and the main language, the official language of that country. Okay Beacuse it's important
for you to know this, especially when you meet people from all around the world. Like
for example, when I was in the United States, well they used to ask me, so you are an Indian,
you speak Indian? So no I don't speak Indian, I speak English because English and Hindi
are the official languages of India, okay. So many people get confused, so today let's
The very first country I have here on the board is Australia, the beautiful Australia.
The nationality is Australian. So if you meet someone who is from Australia, you gonna say,
oh are you an Australian? Okay and the official or the main language of Australia is English.
Okay, you got that?
The next one Brazil. Okay of course Brazil, the nationality is Brazilian. Okay so the
people of Brazil are called as Brazilians. Okay and the language they speak or the official
language of that country is Portuguese. Right.
Next one Canada, the cold Canada. So Canada the nationality is Canadian. Okay so the people
of Canada are called as Canadians and the language that they speak is English.
Next one, Chile. Okay Chile it's a great place to visit, it's beautiful. I’ve been there
and it's really nice. So Chile, the people of Chile are called as Chileans. Okay the
language that they speak is Spanish. Okay, so if you think that they speak Chilean, naah
the language that they speak is, Spanish. There is no language called Chilean. Right,
next one, Denmark. Okay Denmark is the country name, the nationality is Danish. Okay in fact
not just Danish, they also call it as Dane and the language that they speak is Danish.
Got that? Next one, Egypt, okay lot of historical names in Egypt, it's beautiful, reminds you
of mummies, reminds you of pyramids, right? So Egypt, the nationality is Egyptian and
the language that they speak is Arabic. Okay they do not speak Egyptian, there is no language
called Egyptian because yes people I have heard that before, people say that, oh they
speak Egyptian. No, there is no language called Egyptian, their nationality is Egyptian but
they speak Arabic.
Okay next one Finland, so Finland, the nationality will be Finnish. Okay now people often get
confused. They think that okay, it's always you know the nationalities always end with
ian, the letters ian. But that's not true. We do have exceptions as I said we have 196
countries in this world today. So there are exceptions. It’s not gonna be Finnlidian.
Okay that's incorrect, it's gonna be Finnish. Finnish is the nationality and the language
that they speak is Finnish.
Okay, France, okay that's very common. France, the people who live in France or who are from
France, well they speak French and the language. I’m sorry the nationality is French and
they speak French. Okay so the language they speak is French.
Whereas Germany, okay they are not Germanians. I have heard that. So that’s incorrect,
they are Germans. Okay the nationality is German and the language that they speak is
also German. Okay, the next one Indonesia. Well Indonesia, the nationality is Indonesian
and the language they speak is also Indonesian.
Okay and then the last one that we have here is Italy. Now many people pronounce this incorrectly,
they say Italy. Well that’s wrong; the correct pronunciation of this country is Italy. Italy
however their nationality is Italian. Okay then it's not Italian. It’s Italian and
the language that they speak is Italian.
Okay so please make a note of the country names, the nationality and languages and we
have some more names of the countries, so let's have a look.
Okay so here we have some more country names and nationalities for you. We’ve got and
the nationality is Chinese. Okay so the people from china are called as Chinese people. Whereas
the language that they speak, the official language is mandarin and in fact towards the
north of china, they speak Cantonese. The official language but very commonly they also
speak Cantonese.
The next one, Israel, whereas the nationality is Israeli and they speak Hebrew. Okay then
we have Mexico. I love Mexican food. So Mexico, the people of Mexico are called as Mexicans.
Whereas the language that they speak is Spanish.
Then we have New Zealand, okay New Zealand, well the nationality is New Zealander. Okay
so the people of New Zealand are called as new Zealanders and the language that they
speak, the official language is actually Maori but now people speak English. Okay so you
can consider both as the official languages of New Zealand, that's English and Maori.
Poland, Poland is in Europe. Poland is the country name; the nationality is polish, whereas
the language that they speak is also polish.
Then we have Thailand, okay the nationality is Thai and the language that they speak is
Thai
And then we have Vietnam, Vietnam the nationality is Vietnamese and then the language that they
speak is also Vietnamese.
And then we have India. India, well it's Indian, okay so I am from India, I am an Indian. So
if someone ends up asking you, where are you from? Then you gonna take your country's name,
okay and then you gonna say, I am an Indian. Okay, if they end up asking your nationality,
then it's gonna be Indian, Thai, polish and so on, whichever country that you belong to
and the language that we Indians speak is Hindi. Hindi is the official language and
English is also the official language of India now.
Then we have Ireland and the nationality is Irish and then the language that they speak
is English.
Then we have Iran, Iranian, okay it's Iranian, is the nationality and the language is Persian,
they speak Persian.
And then the last one here is Greece, the nationality is Greek and the language they
speak is also Greek.
Okay so these are the most common ones. Now we have so many countries.as I said 196 countries
and that's a huge number. So it's very difficult for me to go ahead and put all the names on
the board. So like the most common ones like japan. Okay japan is the country name, Japanese
is the nationality and they speak Japanese. Okay so there are several countries like that
and I'm sorry if I missed out on any. If you have any questions, do write into us and hope
these names and nationalities are helpful to you.
So the next time someone puts up this question, where are you from? Or what are you? You know
what to say, right? And I'll be back with a new lesson, till the take care.