[Talk-ca] Nunavut place names language

[James]

Maybe this video will also help solve what Inuktitut is used for in the
arctic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW4hI_METac

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Laura O'Grady <laura at lauraogrady.ca> wrote:

> 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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> > Message: 1
> > 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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