Vocabulary 🌏

Countries & Nationalities in Asia

Hello guys❗ Following on from the last vocabulary post about countries, Countries & Nationalities in Europe, today's post is about Asian Countries and Nationalities. How many names of countries in Asia do you know❓

In case you can't remember some of them, don't 😟. I'll remind you them and how native people from these countries are called.

Europe

🇷🇺 Russia /ˈrʌʃ.ə/
👨👩 Russianan /ˈrʌʃ·ən/

🇹🇷 Turkey /ˈˈtɜːki/

👨👩 Turkish /ˈtɜːkɪʃ/         | a 👨/👩 Turk /tɜː/

🇨🇾 Cyprus /ˈsaɪ.prəs/

👨👩 Cypriot /ˈsɪp.ri.ət/

🇸🇾 Syria /ˈsɪriə/

👨👩 Syrian /ˈsɪriən/

🇮🇱 Israel /ˈɪzreɪl/

👨👩 Israeli /ˈɪzreɪli/

🇱🇧 Lebanon /ˈlebənən/

👨👩 Lebanese /.lebəˈniːz/

🇯🇴 Jordan /ˈdʒɔːdn/
👨👩 Jordanian /.dʒɔːˈdeɪ.ni.ən/

🇮🇶 Iraq /ɪˈrɑːk/
👨👩 Iraqi /ɪˈrɑː.ki/

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia /.saʊdi əˈreɪbiə/

👨👩 Saudi /ˈsaʊdi/         | 👨👩 Saudi Arabianan /.saʊdi əˈreɪbiən/

🇾🇪 Yemen /ˈjem.ən/
👨👩 Yemeni /ˈjem.ə.ni/

🇬🇪 Georgia /ˈdʒɔː.dʒə/

👨👩 Georgian /ˈdʒɔː.dʒən/

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑːn/
👨👩 Azerbaijani /ˌæz.ə.baɪˈdʒɑː.ni/

🇦🇲 Armenia /ɑːˈmiː.ni.ə/
👨👩 Armenian /ɑːˈmiː.ni.ən/

🇰🇼 Kuwait /kuːˈweɪt/
👨👩 Kuwaiti /kjuːˈweɪ.ti/

🇧🇭 Bahrain /bɑːˈreɪn/
👨👩 Bahraini /bɑːˈreɪ.ni/

🇮🇷 Iran /ɪˈrɑːn/
👨👩 Iranian /ɪˈreɪ.ni.ən/

🇶🇦 Qatar /ˈkʌt.ɑː/
👨👩 Qatari /kʌtˈɑː.ri/

🇦🇪 (The) United Arabic Empires /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˌær.əb ˈem.ɪ.rəts/         | 🇦🇪 (the) UAE /ˌjuː.eɪˈiː/
👨👩 Emirati /em.ɪˈrɑː.tiː/

🇴🇲 Oman /əʊˈmɑːn/
👨👩 Omani /əʊˈmɑː.ni/

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan /ˌkæz.ækˈstɑːn/
👨👩 Kazakh /ˈkæz.æk/

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan /ʊzˌbek.ɪˈstɑːn/
👨👩 Uzbek /ˈʊz.bek/

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan /ˌtɜːkˌmen.ɪˈstɑːn/
👨👩 Turkmen /ˈtɜːk.men/

🇦🇫 Afghanistan /æfˈɡæn.ɪ.stæn/
👨👩 Afghan /ˈæf.ɡæn/

🇵🇰 Pakistan /ˌpɑː.kɪˈstɑːn/
👨👩 Pakistani /ˌpɑː.kɪˈstɑː.ni/

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan /ˌkɜː.ɡɪˈstɑːn/
👨👩 Kyrgyz /ˈkɜː.ɡɪz/

Tajikistan /tɑːˈdʒiː.kɪˌstɑːn/
👨👩 Tajik /tɑːˈdʒiːk/

🇮🇳 India /ˈɪn.di.ə/
👨👩 Indian /ˈɪn.di.ən/

🇨🇳 China /ˈtʃaɪ.nə/
👨👩 Chinese /tʃaɪˈniːz/

🇲🇻 (the) Maldives /ˈtʃaɪ.nə/
👨👩 Maldivian /mɔːlˈdiːv.i.ən/

🇲🇳 Mongolia /mɒŋˈɡəʊ.li.ə/
👨👩 Mongolian /mɒŋˈɡəʊ.li.ən/

🇳🇵 Nepal /nəˈpɔːl/
👨👩 Nepalese /nep.lˈiːz/         | a 👨/👩 Nepali /nɪˈpɔː.li/

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka /ˌsriː ˈlæŋ.kə/
👨👩 Sri Lankan /ˌsriː ˈlæŋ.kən/

🇧🇹 Bhutan /buːˈtɑːn/
👨👩 Bhutanese /ˌbuː.təˈniːz/

🇧🇩 Bangladesh /ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdeʃ/
👨👩 Bangladeshi /ˌbæŋ.ɡləˈdeʃ.i/

🇲🇲 Myanmar /ˈmjæn.mɑː/         | 🇲🇲 Burma /ˈbɜː.mə/
👨👩 Burmese /bɜːˈmiːz/

🇱🇦 Laos /laʊs/
👨👩 Laotian /ˈlaʊ.ʃn/         | a 👨/👩 Lao /laʊ/

🇹🇭 Thailand /ˈtaɪ.lænd/
👨👩 Thai /taɪ/

🇸🇬 Singapore /ˌsɪŋ.əˈpɔː/
👨👩 Singaporean /ˌsɪŋ.əˈpɔː.ri.ən/

🇲🇾 Malaysia /məˈleɪ.zi.ə/
👨👩 Malaysian /rməˈleɪ.zi.ən/

🇻🇳 Vietnam /ˌvjetˈnæm/
👨👩 Vietnamese /ˌvjet.nəˈmiːz/

🇰🇭 Cambodia /kæmˈbəʊ.di.ə/
👨👩 Cambodian /kæmˈbəʊ.di.ən/

🇮🇩 Indonesia /ˌɪn.dəˈniː.ʒə/
👨👩 Indonesian /ˌɪn.dəˈniː.ʒn/

🇧🇳 Brunei /bruːˈnaɪ/
👨👩 Bruneian /bruːˈnaɪ.ən/

🇹🇼 Taiwan /taɪˈwɑːn/
👨👩 Taiwanese /ˌtaɪ.wəˈniːz/

🇵🇭 (the) Philippines /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːnz/
👨👩 Philippine /ˈfɪl.ɪ.piːn/

🇰🇵 North Korea /ˌnɔːθ kəˈriː.ə/
👨👩 North Korean /ˌnɔːθ kəˈriː.ən/

🇰🇷 South Korea /ˌnɔːθ kəˈriː.ə/
👨👩 South Korean /ˌsaʊθ kəˈriː.ən/

🇯🇵 Japan /dʒəˈpæn/
👨👩 Japanese /ˌdʒæp.nˈiːz/

🇹🇱 East Timor /ˌiːst ˈtiː.mɔː/
👨👩 East Timorese /ˌiː.st ˌtiː.mɔːˈriːz/

Let's practise❗

Are you from a Asian country❓ Have you ever visited any of these countries❓ What thing do you like the most, landscapes, architecture, entertainment, food or people❓ Which language is spoken in that country❓

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