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why everyon get angry
What i differece between Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian, Serbian, Slovamolisano, Chakavian, Kajakian, Burgenland Croatian, Bunjevc and Shtokavian
What do different people think — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.134.165 ( talk) 10:00, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
Are there placenames (especially names of cities/towns/villages) in the U.S. written with an umlaut? 79.13.168.175 ( talk) 21:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
In the past, the BGN did not customarily recognize diacritics as part of geographic name spelling in the United States. Many geographic names adopted from non-English languages have been assimilated into English language usage and lack the diacritics from the original spelling. Although diacritics are infrequently used in English, they constitute an integral part of the spelling and meaning of words in many other languages, notably Spanish, French, Hawaiian, and many Native Alaskan and Native American languages, from which numerous United States placenames are derived. Diacritics are especially important if their omission would result in a significant change in pronunciation or meaning. Therefore, the BGN will accept for consideration names containing diacritics.
Sec. 1 The BGN may approve a geographic name that includes diacritics.
Sec. 2 Proposals that include diacritics must meet the same basic criteria required of any other name proposal.
Guidelines
Appendix G provides a link to a BGN website on character sets providing a listing of approved diacritics
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why everyon get angry
What i differece between Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian, Serbian, Slovamolisano, Chakavian, Kajakian, Burgenland Croatian, Bunjevc and Shtokavian
What do different people think — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.188.134.165 ( talk) 10:00, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
Are there placenames (especially names of cities/towns/villages) in the U.S. written with an umlaut? 79.13.168.175 ( talk) 21:03, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
In the past, the BGN did not customarily recognize diacritics as part of geographic name spelling in the United States. Many geographic names adopted from non-English languages have been assimilated into English language usage and lack the diacritics from the original spelling. Although diacritics are infrequently used in English, they constitute an integral part of the spelling and meaning of words in many other languages, notably Spanish, French, Hawaiian, and many Native Alaskan and Native American languages, from which numerous United States placenames are derived. Diacritics are especially important if their omission would result in a significant change in pronunciation or meaning. Therefore, the BGN will accept for consideration names containing diacritics.
Sec. 1 The BGN may approve a geographic name that includes diacritics.
Sec. 2 Proposals that include diacritics must meet the same basic criteria required of any other name proposal.
Guidelines
Appendix G provides a link to a BGN website on character sets providing a listing of approved diacritics