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I'm wondering, is japan really pronounced Nippon? and how is japanese pronounced?

>> No.6434890

aw-tiz-uhm

>> No.6434891

Nipponese, of course.

>> No.6434893

People from Nippon are called Nipponites.

>> No.6434888

Nihon, Nihongo. Try again next time.

>> No.6434903

>>6434888
This, but I have no idea and would generally like to know where Nippon came from.

>> No.6434909

>>6434903
it came from Nippon

>> No.6434911

why does everyone else in the world say "japan"?

>> No.6434917

Nippon is one reading of 日本... the other being nihon.

Pronunciation is: knee-pohn or knee-hoen

Japanese = 日本語 or knee-hoen-goh

>> No.6434918

>>6434874
Nipponjin?

>> No.6434919

>>6434911
You can thank the Portuguese for that.

>> No.6434926

Bullshit! It's called Zipang

>> No.6434927

>>6434919
fucking retarded dirty spics

>> No.6434931

>>6434919
I speak portuguese.
How come that is related to the portugueses?

>> No.6434935

>>6434893
It's shorter and easier to call them Nips

>> No.6434936

>>6434927

Jesus christ what kind of education they give in the US?

Portugal is an european country!

>> No.6434940

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Japan

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>> No.6434944

>>6434919
No, you can thank the Chinese pronunciation.

>> No.6434942

>>6434936
But it's in South America.

>> No.6434952

>>6434942
Brazil, my country is on fucking south america, we speak portuguese but our portuguese is different from Portugal on Europe

>> No.6434957

>>6434936
Jesus christ what kind of education they give in the EU?

Spic is a derogatory term for all Hispanics, both in Europe and Latina America! Hispanic = of relating to the Iberian Peninsula

>> No.6434959

>>6434936
>education
>US

>> No.6434963

nippon
nippoff

nippon nippoff

>> No.6434964

>>6434952
Whatever, same planet.

>> No.6434970

>>6434957
Why would they teach foreign slang in school?

>> No.6434972

>>6434952

>Brazil, my country

'sup Luiz

>> No.6434977

>>6434964
Are you sure?

>> No.6434980

>>6434964
lol
Same planet, huh?
I think it's only the same language with some differences.
If i was to compare to another thing i would say:
U.S.A = England
not the same planet now huh ? (jokes aside, of course it's on the same planet lol)

>> No.6434984

>>6434972
'Sup John =D

>> No.6434988

>>6434970
Because you're a fucking idiot who thinks he can LOL US EDUCATION his way out of actually knowing what the fuck he's talking about.

Fun fact: the word spic was originally used against the Spanish in the Spanish-American War

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6434990

>>6434942

Typical American /jp/er, uneducated rednecks.

>> No.6434998

>>6434988
Are you sure?

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