-IAN / -EAN
| Country | Nationality | Language |
| Argentina | Argentine/Argentinean | Spanish |
| Australia | Australian | English |
| Bolivia | Bolivian | Spanish |
| Brazil | Brazilian | Portuguese |
| Cambodia | Cambodian | Cambodian |
| Cameroon | Cameroonian | French/English |
| Canada | Canadian | English/French |
| Chile | Chilean | Spanish |
| Colombia | Colombian | Spanish |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorian | Spanish |
| Egypt | Egyptian | Arabic |
| El Salvador | Salvadorian | Spanish |
| Estonia | Estonian | Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian | Amharic |
| Ghana | Ghanaian | English |
| India | Indian | Various |
| Indonesia | Indonesian | Indonesian |
| Iran | Iranian | Persian |
| Italy | Italian | Italian |
| Jordan | Jordanian | Arabic |
| Korea | Korean | Korean |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian | Lithuanian |
| Nigeria | Nigerian | Ibo, Hausa etc. |
| Panama | Panamanian | Spanish |
| Peru | Peruvian | Spanish |
| Romania | Romanian | Romanian |
| Syria | Syrian | Arabic |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian | Ukrainian |
-AN
Notice that some of these words end in -IAN, but the “I” is silent.
| Country | Nationality | Language |
| Afghanistan | Afghan | Persian-Pashto |
| Belgium | Belgian | French/Flemish |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican | Spanish |
| Cuba | Cuban | Spanish |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican | Spanish |
| Germany | German | German |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan | Spanish |
| Haiti | Haitian | French/Creole |
| Honduras | Honduran | Spanish |
| Kenya | Kenyan | Swahili |
| Malaysia | Malaysian | Malay/Malaysian |
| Mexico | Mexican | Spanish |
| Morocco | Moroccan | Arabic/French |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | Spanish |
| Norway | Norwegian | Norwegian |
| Paraguay* | Paraguayan* | Spanish |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican | Spanish |
| Russia | Russian | Russian |
| South Africa | South African | Afrikaans, English, etc. |
| United States | American** | English |
| Uruguay* | Uruguayan* | Spanish |
| Venezuela | Venezuelan | Spanish |
* There are two ways to pronounce the syllable: GWAY (like “way”) and GWAI (like “eye”).
**Although “American” is the most common way to refer to someone from the U.S., I recognize that this can be considered offensive to citizens of other countries in North America, Central America, and South America. So sometimes it’s better to say “from the U.S.” instead of “American.”
-ISH / -CH
| Country | Nationality | Language |
| England | English | English |
| Finland | Finnish | Finnish |
| Denmark | Danish | Danish |
| Netherlands/Holland | Dutch | Dutch |
| France | French | French |
| Ireland | Irish | Irish/English |
| Spain | Spanish | Spanish |
| Sweden | Swedish | Swedish |
| Poland | Polish | Polish |
| Turkey | Turkish | Turkish |
| Wales | Welsh | Welsh/English |
-ESE
| Country | Nationality | Language |
| China | Chinese | Chinese |
| Japan | Japanese | Japanese |
| Portugal | Portuguese | Portuguese |
| Taiwan | Taiwanese | Chinese |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese | Vietnamese |
OTHER
| Country | Nationality | Language |
| Czech Republic | Czech | Czech |
| Greece | Greek | Greek |
| Iceland | Icelander | Icelandic |
| Iraq | Iraqi | Arabic |
| Israel | Israeli | Hebrew |
| New Zealand | New Zealander | English/Maori |
| Pakistan | Pakistani | Urdo |
| Philippines | Filipino | Tagalog/Filipino |
| Qatar | Qatari | Arabic |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi | Arabic |
| Switzerland | Swiss | Swiss |
| Tajikistan | Tajik | Tajik (Persian) |
| Thailand | Thai | Thai |
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