This is a tough one. Everyone who uses बोडो/बोड़ो seems to be using it because of they try to guess the pronunciation from Latin spelling. I would suggest to go with " बर' ".
Regards Satdeep Gill Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B#SGill_.28WMF.29> Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians> Treasurer, Affiliations Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee> Member, Language Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee> On 5 April 2017 at 12:52, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> wrote: > Reminder :) > > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > > 2017-03-31 21:34 GMT+03:00 Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]>: > >> Hi, >> >> At the langcom meeting in Berlin today Satdeep and Miloš brought up the >> topic of adding support for translating into the Bodo language. >> >> It's easy to do technically, but I want to use this as an opportunity to >> make sure that we have the autonym written correctly. >> >> * The current language database file >> <https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.uls/blob/master/data/langdb.yaml#L78> >> in the UniversalLanguageSelector extension lists it as "बड़ो". >> * The English Wikipedia article >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_language> says "बर'". Note the >> apostrophe in the end. I remember reading somewhere (probably the InScript >> standards files) that apostrophe in a part of the orthography of some >> languages of India, so it sounds possible. >> * The main page of the Bodo Incubator >> <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/brx/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF> >> also has "बर'", as does the article about the language >> <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/brx/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%27_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5> >> . >> * To confuse things completely, Ethnologue >> <https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brx> says "बोडो". (It also gives >> the main English name of the language as "Bodo"). >> >> So what is correct? >> >> >> -- >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com >> “We're living in pieces, >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore >> > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >
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