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Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name (globalnews.ca)
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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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[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

TIL - thanks