Why do we have different names in different languages for different countries? Shouldn’t we all call the country by whatever name the citizens of that country call it?

Question

Like Germany vs Deutchland

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Answer 1

The biggest issues are spelling and pronunciation – good luck writing “China” or “Japan” as the natives do.

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It is not without good reason that some Asians who regulary deal with Europeans/Americans and have a name that they know to be unspellable for their partners rather avoid embarrassing situations by adopting a nickname that can be easily written, pronounced and memorized.