Tuesday 13 October 2009

Countries and nationalities + Pronunciation

Countries, Nationalities and Languages in English

This chart shows the Country, Language and Nationality of many major countries from around the world. Click on the sound image next to the country to hear the correct pronunciation of each group of nationalities. Each group of words are repeated twice.

Pronunciation FileCountryLanguageNationality
One syllable
FranceFrenchFrench
GreeceGreekGreek
ends in '-ish'
BritainEnglishBritish
DenmarkDanishDanish
FinlandFinnishFinnish
PolandPolishPolish
SpainSpanishSpanish
SwedenSwedishSwedish
TurkeyTurkishTurkish
ends in '-an'
GermanyGermanGerman
MexicoSpanishMexican
The United StatesEnglishAmerican
ends in '-ian' or '-ean'
AustraliaEnglishAustralian
BrazilPortugueseBrazilian
EgyptArabicEgyptian
ItalyItalianItalian
HungaryHungarianHungarian
KoreaKoreanKorean
RussiaRussianRussian
ends in '-ese'
ChinaChineseChinese
JapanJapaneseJapanese
PortugalPortuguesePortuguese

Source: http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_country.htm

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