when do you use -n, -ese, -ian, -vite, etc suffices in english

Question

As in Mexican, Canadian, Balinese, Muscovite, when describing someone’s nationality or ethnicity in english? How do you know which suffix to use to specific nationality?

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Answer 1

You can’t conjugate it. You just learn the name for the citizens of a place. New Yorkers, Chicagoans, Ohioans, Oaklanders, Parisians… it’s arbitrary but easy to offend when wrong.