assigning demonyms to the peoples of teyvat
(aka my fontch propaganda)
so a "demonym" is the word that is used to describe a person who is from a particular place: e.g. someone from america is "american"; someone from china is "chinese"; someone from england is "english"; etc.
aside from bearing a Personal grudge against "liyuen" (or "liyuan") as the demonym for liyue characters, i also think that we could stand to be more creative than just adding -an to the end of every nation and calling it a day for making up demonyms. like, c'mon!!! we don't have to live like this!!!!
so here's a table for my headcanons hehe.
| area | demonym | adjectival |
|---|---|---|
| mondstadt | mondstadter | mondstadtian, mond |
| liyue | liyuenese | from liyue, liyuenese |
| inazuma | inazuman | inazuman |
| sumeru | sumeri | sumerian, sumeri |
| fontaine | fontch | fontch, fontenois |
| natlan | natlander | natlandic, natlish |
| nod-krai | nod-kregian, [nod-]krayon | nod-kregian, [nod-]kraimen |
| snezhnaya | snezhnayan | snezhnayan, snezhmen |
the reason for all this is bc i believe that the fantasy french people deserve to have a slightly cursed and fucked-up demonym. as a treat.