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Re: nationalities?

--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, MorphemeAddict@... wrote:
>
> Except for 'Burmese language', are these words for people or languages, or 
> are they just names that can refer to anything related to that nationality?
> 
> Burmese language    burmazobol
> Chinese caynzo
> french  franzo
> german  germanzo
> Irish   hayrzo
> English heqlazo
> Polish  polazo
> spanish spanya
> Russian sruzo
> 

Yes, they're very abstract terms referring to any of those things.  Context would make 
them clear in most cases.

go bol germanzo.  I speak German.
go bi germanzo.  I am (a) German.
go ja germanzo.  I go to Germany.

but then, if it's unclear, you can add -bol, -jin, -haym, etc.