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Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name (globalnews.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Signposts on the Vancouver street bear the English name below the official Musqueam name, which is written in the North American Phonetic Alphabet.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    as written it should be pronounced

    shw-meth-quey-em-ass-em

    where the shw is throaty - is it different because of the language?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    are you thinking because of the use of IPA characters? because those have defined sounds only within the IPA.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is this not IPA? I thought the article said it was

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