Hi, At the langcom meeting in Berlin today Satdeep and Miloš brought up the topic of adding support for translating into the Bodo language. It's easy to do technically, but I want to use this as an opportunity to make sure that we have the autonym written correctly. * The current language database file <https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.uls/blob/master/data/langdb.yaml#L78> in the UniversalLanguageSelector extension lists it as "बड़ो". * The English Wikipedia article <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_language> says "बर'". Note the apostrophe in the end. I remember reading somewhere (probably the InScript standards files) that apostrophe in a part of the orthography of some languages of India, so it sounds possible. * The main page of the Bodo Incubator <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/brx/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF> also has "बर'", as does the article about the language <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/brx/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%27_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5> . * To confuse things completely, Ethnologue <https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brx> says "बोडो‎". (It also gives the main English name of the language as "Bodo"). So what is correct? -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

This is a tough one. Everyone who uses बोडो/बोड़ो seems to be using it because of they try to guess the pronunciation from Latin spelling. I would suggest to go with " बर' ". Regards Satdeep Gill Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B#SGill_.28WMF.29> Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians> Treasurer, Affiliations Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee> Member, Language Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee> On 5 April 2017 at 12:52, Amir E. Aharoni &lt;amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom

2017-04-05 15:38 GMT+03:00 MF-Warburg &lt;mfwarburg(a)googlemail.com&gt;om>: Did he reply? Since this discussion, I found some more confusion: * CLDR says "बड़ो", like the ULS language database file. (That may be the source.) * A linguist friend on Twitter said its "बर'", as most people here suggest, and I trust him, but I asked for a written source.