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Re: Questions about Choton, was Re: [CONLANG] Announcement: New auxlang "Choton"

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, October 11, 2004, 18:26
Pascal A. Kramm wrote:

> > > >>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. >> >> > >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. > >
You could go with the Archaic Japanese 'Nippon'. That tends to be fairly well known to English speakers, for some reason.

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Tim May <butsuri@...>