aren't you supposed to keep the spelling and pronounciation of names from the language the name orig

aren't you supposed to keep the spelling and pronounciation of names from the language the name originates from

sorta like hawaiian does famously resulting in the phrase "merry christmas" being translated into hawaiian as "mele kalikimaka"

missionz3r0•4/27/23, 7:16 PM

Though I'm advocating for Hungarian, I only know one word from the language.

missionz3r0•4/27/23, 7:16 PM

"Alma"

Mmissionz3r0 "Alma"

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:16 PM

nope thats an import word from the slavs

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:16 PM

comes from kazakh originally

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:17 PM

there's a big kazakh city called alma

SSaphira Kai aren't you supposed to keep the spelling and pronounciation of names from the la...

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:17 PM

in most cases yea

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:17 PM

but in toki pona circles you are supposed to transliterate names

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:17 PM

toki pona's alphabet just omits the existence of letters it doesnt use

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:18 PM

there is no way to write v or z in toki pona

Saphira KaiOP•4/27/23, 7:18 PM

right

Saphira KaiOP•4/27/23, 7:19 PM

i mean i just semi-frequently see like, Chinese text referring to e.g. an American company name by using the Latin alphabet

SSaphira Kai i mean i just semi-frequently see like, Chinese text referring to e.g. an Ameri...

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:20 PM

yea toki pona technically doesnt use the latin alphabet

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:20 PM

it has a 14 letter alphabet based on latin

Saphira KaiOP•4/27/23, 7:20 PM

ik, that's why i picked an example using two different writing systems

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:21 PM

p, t, k, s, m, n, l, j, w, a, e, i, o, u

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:21 PM

thats it

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:22 PM

its basically a technicality but theyre not supposed to be latin script theyre supposed to be IPA script

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:22 PM

cos its a pronunciation system

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:23 PM

toki pona actually because it has so few words usually uses a system called "sitelen" which is like heiroglyphs or chinese glyphs, where each word has its own symbol and you can combine them

The_Last_Raposa ∞•4/27/23, 7:24 PM

the english looking letters are a pronunciation guide basically

TThe_Last_Raposa ∞i was debating if i shouldve said nopa or nowa

Nova•4/27/23, 7:24 PM

nowa definitely

Nova•4/27/23, 7:24 PM

uwufy is the correct way to do things

Saphira KaiOP•4/27/23, 7:24 PM

in English you should still spell voilà using diacritics English doesn't use, you're just inserting French text into English text so it's valid in that context