The Names of Countries in Slovene: A Presentation of Sociolinguistic Factors

Diplomska naloga obravnava problematiko podomačevanja imen držav, ki je, kot ugotovljeno, zelo dinamičen proces. Komisija za standardizacijo zemljepisnih imen Vlade RS (KSZI) ažurno spremlja dogajanje v svetu in sproti določa uradna imena v slovenščini. Pri imenih držav spremljamo tako nastanek novih imen (ob novih državah) kot tudi preimenovanje obstoječihob tem spremljamo tako jezikovne kot sociolingvistične dejavnike, kar v diplomskem delu prikazujejo problematični primeri imen držav Severna Makedonija, Moldavija, Esvatini, Vzhodni Timor, Slonokoščena obala, Burma in Mjanmar ter San Marino.Thesis deals with the problem of borrowing the names of countries, which is a very dynamical process. The Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (Komisija za standardizacijo zemljepisnih imen Vlade RS, KSZI) keeps up to date in the world of official names in Slovene. We observe the emergence of new names (and new countries) and changing of existing names. Both linguistic and sociolinguistic factors must be considered, which illustrates the problematic cases of the names of these countries: Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Eswatini, East Timor, Ivory Coast, Burma / Myanmar and San Marino