[Talk-ca] Nunavut place names language
Stewart C. Russell
scruss at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 18:15:02 UTC 2016
Hi John,
> I would like to purpose OSM uses the same standard as this Wikipedia
> Article.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Nunavut
Seems reasonable.
> I really believe that *name=** should be written in english (Community).
It's certainly more consistent than using "English <space> Inuktitut",
since it's unlikely that people will call it two things at once.
Please add name:en as well for the English names. That way, automatic
parsing will show a little less cultural bias.
> Inuktitut name if different from the name = *alt_name*
alt_name looks to me like it's for a name that's different in the same
language. This would be the case for Kugaaruk, which is also (according
to the Wikipedia article) known as Arviligjuaq.
> Inuktitut syllabics = *name:in (ᐃᖅᐊᓗᑦ)*
name:iu, surely?
Best Wishes,
Stewart
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