Talk:Nakhi people

message: Mel, please do not revert minor gramatical changes. See one for an example:
One could see from it the traditional custom still has its own spiritual power to influence the villagers.
It should be customs, not custom.
Tan 22:52, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammer

message: The grammar of the article is awful, as has been pointed out, but Mr Tan's tinkering only serves to make it worse.  "Music" is not a count noun in this context; you can't say "The Nakhi music is..."; the correct grammar is: "Nakhi music is...". Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 16:55, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean that you're sorry for your error? Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 17:33, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar again 

message: Why isn't this article under the Pinyin name "Naxi"? -leigh (φθόγγος) 13:36, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
:the probable reason is that "Nakhi" is probably closer to the original pronunciation of the word in the "Nakhi" people's own language (which, no, is not a "Chinese", Sinitic, language), than Mandarin pinyin can.  (kh by default usually denotes IPA "x", ie. the "ch" in "Bach" or "loch".) Mandarin, can only transliterate things to it's closest sound, thus Urumqi becomes "wu lu mu qi", Ordos becomes "e er duo si", Hohhot becomes "hu hou ha te", Владивосток/Vladivostok becomes "fu la di wo si tuo ke", coffee/caffe/cafe becomes "ka fei". Alphabetic systems are much more flexible in that each letter can cover several different sound possibilities depending on the spoken language it is denoting, e.g. the Roman character "r" can mean the sound (IPA) "r", "ʀ", or "ɾ", even within one language system.... Spettro9 (talk) 06:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The idea that "alphabetic systems" are more flexible than pinyin is nonsense, because pinyin is a full-fledged alphabet. In fact, Mandarin has the sound "IPA x", represented as h in pinyin and used in such words as hé (, "river"). That the name is not transcribed as "Nahi" should be a hint that the "kh" stands for something else. Anyway, they're pretty much universally known in English-language literature as "Naxi". Here are some recent books: "Ancestral Realms of the Naxi" (2011), "Identity and Schooling Among the Naxi" (2010), "Echoes of History: Naxi Music in Modern China" (2000). I guess the reason why this article is at "Nakhi" is, for lack of a better term, "political correctness". Similarly, the Squamish people article was titled "Sḵwx̱wú7mesh" until November 2011. Somebody just needs to initiate a move request, because the case is overwhelming for Naxi. Shrigley (talk) 23:28, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Nakhi vs. Naxi

message: The article on Dongba religion is not as extensive as the section in this article on that religion.  I am wondering if it would be more appropriate to paste this article's section on religion to the Dongba article, and in the present article, to give a briefer synopsis and then refer to the Dongba article for more information.  98.157.68.102 (talk) 15:29, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Section on Religion is Longer than the Article on Dongba Religion 

message: http://journal.oraltradition.org/files/articles/16ii/Bai_Gengsheng.pdf
Rajmaan (talk) 04:31, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nakhi Tiger Myth in its Context 

message: Needs a map showing extent of region inhabited by Nakhi. Sca (talk) 14:03, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Map

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message: Someone moved this page without using "Discussion" first? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nashi_people&type=revision&diff=1094341192&oldid=1094341113 173.88.246.138 The spelling it was moved to is the least widely used of the three spellings. (talk) 17:58, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move 

message: Google Ngram results for:
* Nakhi people, Nashi people, Naxi people
* Nakhi language, Nashi language, Naxi language
Yue🌙 22:06, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google Ngrams