Re: [Wikipedia-l] Please correct false Nauruan interwiki name

= Ekakairù I believe that "Naoero" alone is more appropriate for an interwiki link. In addition, Delaporte's dictionary and grammar are from 1907 I believe, and the orthography he uses is not the same one used in modern Nauruan, and some of his work may be inaccurate (missionary linguistic literature from the period often is, for example Batchelor's Ainu dictionary makes a distinction between voiced and unvoiced consonants when the language itself does not, a Dungan dictionary attempts to explain the etymology for the word "black smoke" from the word "tobacco" when in fact it is the opposite, etc - at the time, the general technique was that the missionary would learn the language, and then write a grammar without consulting native informants). Thus, I believe it would be better to check with a native speaker. In fact, from what I know, "Nauri" is the modern Nauruan name for the language. "Naoero" in modern orthography is "Nauru", as in "Nauru bwiema" and not "Naoero boeiema". Mark On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:14:42 +0100 (MET), cdamvvwgs(a)gmx.ch <cdamvvwgs(a)gmx.ch> wrote: