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    Countries whose exonyms we should definitely abandon in favor of their native names?

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    1. Tzarevna_ on

      Fun fact: In the french languages, Georgia actually has its two names: Géorgie (Géorgie) and Kartvélie (Kartvelia) and even in the second one is nowadays very rare, it’s still technically co-official and used by elders.

    2. Canis858 on

      Would that imply that we force the US to rename their state too? If yes, I think it would be funny…

    3. Anuki_iwy on

      It’s a stupid idea.

      Will you then also go and give everyone a grammar lesson, that it’s Sakartvelo and qartveli not sakartvelians?

      Will you include an explanation why there is no “u” between q and a, something that germanic and romance languages requires?

      How will you handle languages that don’t even have a “qa” sound, like Japanese?

      How will you handle it in the other ~7000 languages that are currently spoken in general?

      Every time you try an force something into a language that didn’t evolve naturally it turns into a mess.

    4. AngloKartveliGod on

      no just make america change the name of the state of Georgia and we keep our name