The people from Uzbekistan are called Uzbeks, the people from Turkmenistan are called Turkmen, the people from Afghanistan are called Afghans.
It’s only come to my attention recently that calling someone from Pakistan a ‘Paki’ is an insult. Should it just be ‘Paks’ and somehow adding an I is incorrect?
Can anyone explain this to me?
The correct demonym is Pakistani. Throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s the terms ‘Paki’ and ‘Stani’ were exclusively used by racists and racist organisations such as the National Front and British Movement.