--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Joe <joe@W...> wrote:
Pascal A. Kramm wrote:
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>>I note that the Choton name for Japan is "Japan," apparently drawn
from the
>>English (or German?) name. I might have expected that each source
language
>>would contribute the name for its home country.
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>I first wanted to do it that way, but since "Japan" is used in
English and
>German and thus more known than "Nihon", I went for that... I might
still
>add "Nihon" as an alternative.
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You could go with the Archaic Japanese 'Nippon'. That tends to be
fairly well known to English speakers, for some reason.
--- End forwarded message ---
I wonder if "Nippon" is so well known because of an off-color joke I
once heard when my parents took me to a minstrel show. I must have
been in 6th or 7th grade, but the joke has stuck with me. Must have
been my love of languages beginning to blossom! :-)