[Talk-ca] Nunavut place names language

Laura O'Grady laura at lauraogrady.ca
Mon Sep 26 00:33:31 UTC 2016


Just spotted this map of Nunavut on Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CanadianGIS/status/780181115407626240/photo/1

It was created by the Inuit Heritage Trust in 2015 and may provide some insight into this issue.

Best wishes,

Laura


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> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:15:02 -0400
> From: "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss at gmail.com>
> To: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Nunavut place names language
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> 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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