- "Indian" comes from Italian/Spanish "gente in dios" (God-like people …
More likely, the word Indian comes from Columbus's description of the people he found here. He was an Italian, and did not speak or write very good Spanish, so in his written accounts he called t …
What word do I use to describe people from India & neighboring …
However people who come from countries neighboring India such as Sri Lanka or Fijian Indians do not like to be classified as "Indian" because this would be similar to calling a Japanese pers …
How to unambiguously refer to someone from India [duplicate]
Closed 10 years ago. One can refer to an American Indian as a Native American, but I cannot come up with an unambiguous term for an Indian from the Indian subcontinent. How can I refer to someone who …
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The people of that general racial/ethnic background (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan) are Aryo-Indian and believed to be distantly, historically related to Europeans and Iranians.
word choice – What would you call a person from India? – English …
The correct term (demonym) is Indian. In the United States, the term Asian Indian is also used in order to avoid confusion between Indians from the subcontinent and Native Americans (American Indians) …
What is the origin and extent of the Indian English usage of "only" to …
This can be a difficult thing for most Indian speakers to grasp, because firstly, in most Indian languages, stress is communicated through either a prefix, suffix or a separate article-like word. The …
Is calling someone who resides in the country of India an "Indian …
Indians Indian people are the people of India, the second most populous nation containing 17.50% of the world's population. "Indian" refers to nationality, but not ethnicity or language …
Usage of "East Indian" to distinguish from "Native American"
I know someone who uses the term "East Indian" to refer to people from India, or whose ancestors are from India, lest they be misunderstood to mean Native American. This struck me as unusual …
Why do Americans still call Native Americans ‘Indians’?
Why do some Americans still call the indigenous people of the Americas Indians when they now know that they’re not from India?
pronunciation – Why is Indian English usually rhotic? – English …
As English is mostly a second language for Indian people, there’s little resistance to adopting local pronunciations when living abroad, and when those people return home, they bring American, and thu …
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