Google Maps Enhances Māori Placename Pronunciation in New Zealand
Google Maps has implemented a new tool in New Zealand to correctly pronounce Māori placenames, following years of complaints and efforts by the language commission to address mispronounced words.
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New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames
Language commission hails normalisation of te reo Māori after years of work in identifying frequently mispronounced words For years, Māori 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 Māori language commission – Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – has collaborated with Google to fix it, launching a New Zealand-accented voice for its navigation tool that can correctly pronounce M...
By Eva Corlett in Wellington
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