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How to Say Country Names and Nationalities in Tagalog

Posted on 2019-12-092020-02-23 by
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If you’re learning Tagalog by talking to native Tagalog speakers, one of the things that you will probably do often is introduce yourself and the country where you are from. If you don’t know how to do that yet, here’s a guide on how to say different country names in Tagalog including their respective demonyms.

 
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Few country names have Tagalog counterparts. In most cases, Tagalog speakers call the countries either by their English names, or, in some cases, by their Spanish names (although this doesn’t necessarily work all of the time). If you are not sure which one to use, it’s always safe to go by the English name.

 

Country Names in Tagalog

CountryEnglish NameTagalog NameDemonym
🇦🇺AustraliaAustraliaAustraliyano
🇪🇬EgyptEhiptoEhipsiyo
🇫🇷FrancePransiyaPranses
🇩🇪GermanyAlemanyaAleman
🇬🇷GreeceGresiyaGriyego
🇮🇹ItalyItalyaItaliyano
🇯🇵JapanHaponHapon o Hapones
🇲🇽MexicoMehikoMehikano
🇨🇳People’s Republic of ChinaTsinaTsino
Intsik (colloquial)
🇷🇺RussiaRussia
Rusiya
Ruso
🇸🇦Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabiya o ArabiyaArabiyano
Arabo
🇪🇸SpainEspanyaEspanyol
🇺🇸United States of AmericaEstados Unidos o AmerikaAmerikano
🇬🇧
*Great Britain
*England
Britanya
Inglatera
Briton
Ingles

 

The same goes for demonyms, where Tagalog counterparts are relatively few. Most nationalities are simply addressed with their English or Spanish names, except for a few examples like the ones you will see below.

Same Country Names in Tagalog but Different Demonyms

🇨🇴ColombiaColombiaColombiano
🇩🇲DominicaDominicaDonomicano
🇮🇳IndiaIndiaIndiano
Bumbay (Colloquial)
🇮🇩IndonesiaIndonesiaIndones
🇲🇾MalaysiaMalaysiaMalay
🇰🇵North KoreaHilagang KoreaKoreano
🇰🇷South KoreaTimog KoreaKoreano
🇵🇹PortugalPortugalPortuges

 

In the case of countries with no specific demonyms in Tagalog, a generic way to refer to a particular demonym or nationality is by adding the prefix –“taga” before the name of the country a specific person is from. The “-taga” prefix means “someone who resides in” or “someone from,” so when you introduce yourself as “taga-South Africa,” it means you are someone who resides or are from South Africa.

You can find some more examples of how this is used below.

 

Generic Demonyms

CountryEnglish NameTagalog NameDemonym
🇨🇦CanadaCanadataga-Canada
🇮🇸IcelandIcelandtaga-Iceland
🇪🇨EcuadorEcuadortaga-Ecuador
🇧🇼BotswanaBotswanataga-Botswana
🇻🇳VietnamVietnamtaga-Vietnam

Bonus: Continent Names in Tagalog

ContinentEnglish NameTagalog NameDemonym
AfricaAfricaAprikaAprikano
AsiaAsiaAsyaAsyano
AustraliaAustraliaAustraliaAustraliyano
EuropeEuropeEuropaEuropeo
North AmericaNorth AmericaHilagang AmerikaNo collective term
South AmericaSouth AmericaTimog AmerikaLatino
AntarcticaAntarcticaAntartikaNo particular term

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