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Endonym

A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.

  • In Germany (Deutcshland), the 'German' language is written as 'Deutsche'
  • In Japan (日本), the 'Japanese' language is written as '日本語'

Exonym

Opposite of exonym. A name used to refer to a language or people that is not what they use to refer to themselves their own language. Many languages have different names for each language.

  • 'French' in Japanese is 'フランス語'
  • 'French' in German is 'Französisch'
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