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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
What "long game?" Are we expecting these signs to increase fluency in Salish? If so, then go for it.
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long game, as in trying to teach future generations of salish their own language, who would likely be the only people wanting to learn this language earnestly.
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hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ contains a wide variety of sounds. There are 36 consonants, 22 not appearing in English and some appearing in only a handful of languages around the world. Since a majority of these sounds do not appear in English there is no accurate way to write them with the English writing system (orthography). To capture these sounds Musqueam uses the North American Phonetic Alphabet (NAPA), a writing system which is based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), where each sound is represented by a distinct symbol. Though it may appear foreign at first these symbols are used worldwide to represent language. You can even find them in your dictionary and encyclopedia entries as an aid in pronunciation.
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http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/language
Look, I will likely call it "strathcona library" for the rest of my life. but if the VPL ignores musqueum orthography this renaming business is an empty gesture, even if it stymies regular use of place names by non-musquem.
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