"Salvadorian" validates, which is incorrect

[getsnoopy]

I just noticed that Salvadorian validates as a word, which is incorrect. The demonym/adjectival for El Salvador is Salvadoran (which already seems to be in the worldlist), so the former should be removed.

[getsnoopy]

This isn't a variant problem; "Salvadorian" isn't valid in any dialect of English.

[kevina]

The dictionaries and Wikipedia disagree. In fact oxford (premium, requires subscriptions) doesn't even acknowledge Salvadoran. I agree that Salvadoran is the preferred form though.

[getsnoopy]

That's strange. The official government website and most the style manuals of English-speaking governments (US GPO, EU Interinstitutional) all list Salvadoran as the official adjectival/demonym.

[DimitriPapadopoulos]

• On Wikipedia, the El Salvador page uses Salvadoran consistently.
• From the Wikipedia Salvadorans demonym page:

  Although not the academic standard, Salvadorian and Salvadorean are widely-used English demonyms used by those living in the United States and other English-speaking countries. All three versions of the word can be seen in most Salvadoran business signs in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador uses Salvadoran consistently.
• The US Department of State uses mostly Salvadoran (9,830 Salvadoran / 271 Salvadorean / 233 Salvadorian)
• So do the GOV.UK sites (1,340 Salvadoran / 508 Salvadorian / 120 Salvadorean).
• The Google Ngram Viewer shows the predominance of Salvadoran in US English. It even superseded Salvadorean (not Salvadorian!) in British English in the 21st century.
• The OED shows Salvadorean as the proper term and Salvadoran and Salvadorian as variants. The Oxford Dictionary might not follow current usage.

In any case, I would keep Salvadoran, perhaps Salvadorean because it appears to be the traditional British spelling. The current Salvadorian does not seem right.

[kevina]

And to add premium.oxforddictionaries.com (formally lexico.com) doesn't even acknowledge Salvadoran as the spelling and prefers Salvadorean and marks Salvadorian as a variant.

For British English it seams Salvadorian is slightly preferred over Salvadorean according to GOV.UK and Google Ngrams.

In all languages I will mark Salvadoran as the preferred spelling and the others as variants, for American I will mark the other two as "acceptable" and for British English as common. Basically:

A B: Salvadoran
AV Bv: Salvadorean
AV Bv: Salvadorian

See the SCOWL Readme for the meaning of the symbols.