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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:15:02 -0400 > > From: "Stewart C. Russell" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Nunavut place names language > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- 外に遊びに行こう！
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