Language commission hails normalisation of te reo M?ori after years of work in identifying frequently mispronounced wordsFor years, M?ori placenames have been distorted into nearly unrecognisable sounds by Google Maps...
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For years, M?ori placenames have been distorted into nearly unrecognisable sounds by Google Maps in New Zealand. For those with attuned ears, it can be grating or offensive.
Now the M?ori language commission – Te Taura Whiri i te Reo M?ori – has collaborated with Google to fix it, launching a New Zealand-accented voice for its navigation tool that can correctly pronounce M?ori words. It is the culmination of a project that has been years in the making.
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Language commission hails normalisation of te reo M?ori after years of work in identifying frequently mispronounced wordsFor years, M?ori placenames have been distorted into nearly unrecognisable sounds by Google Maps...
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