Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Naming-in-different-cultures

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Hi everyone. In this lesson we will see how people say the names in different cultures.

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Name order


convention	ethnic groups
given name + family name	African Americans, African Europeans, Albanians, Andorrans, Arabs, Armenians, Austrians, Azeris, Belarussians, Berbers, Bosnians, Catalans, Croats, Cypriots, Czech, Danes, Dutch, English, Estonians, European Africans, European Americans, European Oceanians, French, Georgians, Germans, Greeks, Greenlanders, Icelanders, Italians, Kazakhs, Latvians, Liechtensteiners, Lithuanians, Malays, Maltese, Mestiços, Mestizos, Moldavians, Monacans, Montenegrins, Norwegians, Persians, Poles, Portuguese, Russians, Scotts, Serbs, Slovenians, Slovakians, Spandiards, Swedes, Tagalogs, Tajikis, Turks, Tswana, Ukrainians, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Vlaams
family name + given name	Han, Hui, Hungarians, Koreans, Khmer, Kinh, Manchus, Mongols, Mordvins, Telugu, Tibetans (nobels), Tujia, Yamato, Yi
given name and foreign given name + family name	Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans
given name	Burmese, Haqniq, Javanese, Sundanese, Tibetans (commoners)


convention	ethnic groups
toponymic: adopting the name of the birth place, residence, owned land, etc.	Dutch, Germans, Spaniards, Yamato
patronymic: adopting father's name	Amharas, Fulani, Hausa, Oromo
matronymic: adopting mother's name	Amis, Bunts, French, Khasi, Minangkabau, Nairs, Serbs, Ukrainians


situation	ethnic groups
surname changed at marriage	Dutch, English, European Africans, European Americans, European Oceanians, Mestiços, Portuguese, Russians, Yamato
surname changed or not changed at marriage, determined by her husband	Persians
surname changed or not changed at marriage, determined by herself	French, Germans, Turks
nothing changed at marriage	Austrians, Han, Italians, Kinh, Koreans, Greeks, Mestizos, Spaniards, Thai