Comment on Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My closest attempt at pronouncing that:

  echo 'šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm' | aplay -c 1 -f u8 -r 2000 -t raw -
  

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• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        it’s the alphabet the BC first nations use. it uses similar characters but not with ipa pronunciations.

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