Re: Learning languages

Merhaba!

And wrote:

"A Livagian would feel very insulted and patronized if you showed off by
calling their language "lylanq" (the Livagian name). Likewise, politeness
compels me, when talking to Iranians (or second generation Iranians), to
call their language "Persian". It is true, though, that the language is
often nowadays called "Farsi"."

Speaking of politeness, I was told that calling a person from Iran an
Iranian would not go down well with them (this idiom means "not offend",
right?), and that I should call them a Persian. Is this true?

--Trebor