Re: Country names in national languages

Well, we can always give it a try, can't we?

ES - Hattic Republic
EO - idem (till 1993: Hattic Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, HASSR)
EA - Hattic
EN - Hat(s)
EE - From Hattic: Chader
NL - Hattic, Russian, Askaic, and Slopik
NS - Chada Respublika ["xAdA rEs"publikA]
NO - idem; till 1993:
     Chada Sforädžunda Jufteva Socjalistika Respublika (ChSJSR)
     ["xAdA sfO"r6dZundA "juftEvA sOtsjA"listikA rEs"publikA], ["xAsjos@r]
NA - Chader ["xAd@r], Rusker ["rusk@r], Askajer ["AskAj@r], Soliber ["sOlib@r]
NN - Chadan ["xAdAn], pl. Chadaneš ["xAdAneS]
NE - From Proto-Hattic: chardura ["xArdurA] "mountain"

BTW: The Hattic Republic is not an independent state, but a regional unit
within the borders of the Russian Federation.

Jan



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