Languages and Nationalities in French
Les langues et les nationalités
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As much as I would like to list every language and nationality in the world,
it's simply not possible. Without meaning any offense to anyone whose
country/language is not listed, here are some you should definitely recognize.
| Country/Continent | Nationality* | Language** |
| Africa | Africain(e) | |
| Algeria | Algérien(ne) | l'arabe, le français |
| Asia | Asiatique | |
| Australia | Australien(ne) | l'anglais |
| Belgium | Belge | le flamand, le français |
| Brazil | Brésilien(ne) | le portugais |
| Canada | Canadien(ne) | le français, l'anglais |
| China | Chinois(e) | le chinois |
| Egypt | Égyptien(ne) | l'arabe |
| England | Anglais(e) | l'anglais |
| Europe | Européen(ne) | |
| France | Français(e) | le français |
| Germany | Allemand(e) | l'allemand |
| India | Indien(ne) | l'hindi (plus many others) |
| Ireland | Irlandais(e) | l'anglais, l'irlandais |
| Italy | Italien(ne) | l'italien |
| Japan | Japonais(e) | le japonais |
| Mexico | Mexicain(e) | l'espagnol |
| Morocco | Marocain(e) | l'arabe, le français |
| Netherlands | Néerlandais(e) | le néerlandais |
| Poland | Polonais(e) | le polonais |
| Portugal | Portugais(e) | le portugais |
| Russia | Russe | le russe |
| Senegal | Sénégalais(e) | le français |
| Spain | Espagnol(e) | l'espagnol |
| Switzerland | Suisse | l'allemand, le français, l'italien |
| United States | Américain(e) | l'anglais |
* For nationalities, the proper noun and adjective are exactly the same, except the proper noun is capitalized, while the adjective is not. The (parentheses) indicate the additional letters to make the proper noun or adjective feminine. Note that the masculine adjective for many countries is spelled and pronounced just like the languages.
** This is just a guide. Obviously some countries have speakers of many languages, but only the main ones are listed. Note that the names of languages are always masculine and are not capitalized.
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