The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron.
The demonym for Niger is ‘Nigerien’, but it’s an understandable mistake in spelling since the difference in pronunciation isn’t really in the ‘-ian’/‘-ien’ part.
Are people from Niger really called Nigerians? Isn’t that a different country?
The demonym for Niger is ‘Nigerien’, but it’s an understandable mistake in spelling since the difference in pronunciation isn’t really in the ‘-ian’/‘-ien’ part.