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in reply to a message by jennifer
Dear Jennifer,
The English language is spoken in too many countries to leave this category without sub-categories. At some stage in the not so far past 40% of the globe belonged to the British Empire. Native American languages on the other hand, spoken by just a few people might not need sub-categories. Spanish and maybe other languages might deserve sub-categories like English.
For the English category I propose to have a general sub-category (for names common to most English speaking countries) and sub-categories of names specific to given countries.
As an example, about 10% of names in India are Portugese. Indian would then be a sub-category not only of Hindi, but also of English and of Portugese.
What do you think?
All the best and thank you for your answer
The English language is spoken in too many countries to leave this category without sub-categories. At some stage in the not so far past 40% of the globe belonged to the British Empire. Native American languages on the other hand, spoken by just a few people might not need sub-categories. Spanish and maybe other languages might deserve sub-categories like English.
For the English category I propose to have a general sub-category (for names common to most English speaking countries) and sub-categories of names specific to given countries.
As an example, about 10% of names in India are Portugese. Indian would then be a sub-category not only of Hindi, but also of English and of Portugese.
What do you think?
All the best and thank you for your answer
This message was edited 2/24/2014, 11:57 PM
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Yes, but Indian is a nationality, and Hindi, English and Portuguese are languages and ethnicities. If the name comes from the Portuguese language, it is listed in the Portuguese list. If it is from the Hindi language, it goes on the Hindi list.
My cousin has a daughter named Malia. The name is used in an English speaking country, yet is listed here as Hawaiian, because that is the language the name is from. Names are listed by ethnicity of origin or where the form is from.
My cousin has a daughter named Malia. The name is used in an English speaking country, yet is listed here as Hawaiian, because that is the language the name is from. Names are listed by ethnicity of origin or where the form is from.
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