The name of countries follow fairly closely to the English pronunciation in many cases but there are a number of wide divergences and it is well to check up from the Extended Vocabulary before referring to a new country or a national of the country.

The word CHAOU “inhabitant of”, “belonging to”, is placed in front of the name of the country to denote a national of that country.

	CHAOU UNGRIT	ชาวอังกฤษ	An Englishman.
	CHAOU HORLUNDAH	ชาวฮอลันดา	A Dutchman.
	CHAOU GOWLEE	ขาวเกาหลี	A Korean.

The word KON “a person” may be used instead of CHAOU to denote nationalities and is generally used for.

	KON THAI	คนไทย	A Thai.
	KON JEEN	คนจีน	A Chinese.

CHAOU is also used in certain other cases to describe an individual.

	CHAOU NAH	ชาวนา	A farmer. (Inhabitant of the fields)
	CHAOU BAHN NORK	ชาวบ้านนอก	A countryman.

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