Countries of the World in Nauruan

The following post contains a list of the countries of the world in the Nauruan language, according to Wikipedia. There are 138 country pages out of 196 possible. As well as copying the list from the Wikipedia category page, I have provided the English equivalents. Given that many are simply 'Nauricised' spellings and pronunciations of the English names, the list makes an interesting introduction into Nauruan phonetics, phonology and orthography. As I went through translating, I tried guessing the English translation and was successful for the vast majority of cases. However, the English names can be quite obscured in the Nauruan transliteration and in some cases I needed to look these up to check. The countries marked with a single asterisk in the English I had to look up by looking at the English Wikipedia page. Any marked with a double asterisk were guessed incorrectly then corrected on verification. The incorrect guess I've put in curved brackets.

There are a number of patterns which you'll be able to pick up on as you read. If you'd like to guess them yourself, I suggest going onto the Nauruan Wikipedia page 'Category:Eb' (this being the Nauruan word for 'country') as this does not immediately provide the English equivalents. It may be worth looking at the English for just the countries beginning letter 'A' to gain an idea of what kinds of patterns to expect. On these I will probably write a post at some point in the future explaining - if I can - the rules of transliteration.

Some of these seem inconsistent (or maybe that's just me unable to accept my mistakes!), so I am wondering whether the Nauruan translations are the result of one (or a few) neologising editor(s). Certainly native Nauruans wouldn't need to refer to most of these countries in their day-to-day vocabulary, which increases the likelihood that these were improvised!

That's a matter for another post. For now though, here's the list:

Apeganitan - Afghanistan

Arbainiya - Albania

Andorra - Andorra

Antigua me Barbuda - Antigua and Barbuda

Aibori Kot - Ivory Coast

Aiti - Haiti

Aiterand - Iceland*

Angora - Angola

Ardjiriya - Algeria

Ardjentina - Argentina

Arminiya - Armenia

Aderbaidjan - Azerbaijan

Bahrain - Bahrain

Benin - Benin

Botenija me Erdjegobina - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brunei - Brunei

Borgerija - Bulgaria

Burundi - Burundi

Bidji - Fiji

Banuatu - Vanuatu 

Batikan - Vatican City

Butan - Bhutan

Bitinam - Vietnam

Boribija - Bolivia

Bañradej - Bangladesh

Burkina Pato - Burkina Faso

Bahamat - Bahamas

Barbadot - Barbados

Berarut - Beirut

Berdjijum - Belgium

Botwana - Botswana

Beridj - Belize*

Bradjir - Brazil*

Denemark - Denmark

Djermani - Germany

Djapan - Japan

Djamaika - Jamaica

Djiordjiya - Georgia

Djibuti - Djibouti

Dominika - Dominica

Ripubrikin Dominika - Dominican Republic

Djordan - Jordan

Ekwador - Ecuador

Eritrea - Eritrea

Eben Merika - USA

Emireitit Arabiya - UAE

Ersarbador - El Salvador

Etoniya - Estonia

Eben Oning - FS Micronesia*

Grit - Greece

Grenada - Grenada

Guyana - Guyana

Ginit Ekwador - Equatorial Guinea

Gana - Ghana

Gambiya - Gambia

Guatemara - Guatemala

Gini - Guinea

Gini-Bitau - Guinea Bissau

Idjipt - Egypt

Indjiya - India

Indonitsiya - Indonesia

Iran - Iran

Irak - Iraq

Itari - Italy

Ingerand - United Kingdom

Iteraer - Israel

Itiyopiya - Ethiopia

Kiuba - Cuba

Kadaketan - Kazakhstan

Kiribat - Kiribati

Kuwait - Kuwait

Kirgitan - Kyrgyzstan

Kamerun - Cameroon

Kanada - Canada

Korombiya - Colombia

Komorot - Comoros

Kosta Rika - Costa Rica

Kroaitsiya - Croatia

Keniya - Kenya

Matedoniya - Macedonia

Maraidja - Malaysia*

Marta - Malta

Meketiko - Mexico

Monako - Monaco

Mongoriya - Mongolia

Montenegro - Montenegro

Mardib - Maldives*

Miyanmar - Myanmar

Naoero - Nauru

Niterand - The Netherlands*

Niu Djiran - New Zealand

Norwei - Norway

Nepar - Nepal

Otereiriya - Australia

Oteriya - Austria

Oman - Oman

Ondurat - Honduras

Pinrand - Finland

Prant - France

Peru - Peru

Eben Piripin - Phillipines 

Poran - Poland

Portsiugar - Portugal

Pain - Spain

Ripubrikin Aprika Yugaga - Central African Republic*

Ripubrikit Engame Kongo - DR Congo

Ripubrikit Airerand - Ireland

Ratebiya - Latvia*

Resoto - Lesotho

Ruketemburg - Luxembourg

Ratsiya - Russia

Ripubrikit Engame Korea - DPR Korea

Ripubrikin Korea - South Korea

Ripubrikin Kongo - Congo

Rituainiya - Lithuania

Ripubrikin Tsiek - Czechia

Riketentein - Lichtenstein

Raot - Laos

Ribanon - Lebanon

Ripubrikin Mordowa - Moldova

South Sudan - South Sudan

Tsiad - Chad

Tsiene - China

Tanmarino - San Marino

Terbiya - Serbia

Tsingapoar - Singapore

Tadjikitan - Tajikistan

Terki - Turkey

Tubaru - Tuvalu

Tsirobeniya - Slovenia*

Tomariya - Somalia

Tsire - Chile** (Syria)

Taiprus - Cyprus

Ungari - Hungary 

Ukraine - Ukraine

Widen - Sweden

Witsierand - Switzerland

Yemen - Yemen