Countries are officially requesting the world adopt their native names instead of anglicized versions. Turkey, Thailand, and India are among nations pushing governments and organizations to recognize endonyms—their own names for themselves—over exonyms imposed by foreign languages.
·Turkey officially changed its English name to Türkiye, rejecting the exonym used internationally for centuries
·Indonesia updated its maps to use Tailan instead of Thailand, adopting the country's preferred endonym
·India seeks recognition of Bharat as its primary name, challenging the exonym derived from colonial history
·ISO 3166-1 country code standards have been updated to reflect these official name changes
·The shift represents countries reclaiming linguistic sovereignty and rejecting foreign-imposed terminology
drawn from The Spectator, MassLive, Tempo.co English, VOI.id · updated 7d ago