The Ingoa Project 🌺

Professional learning for Sports Media Professionals to improve confidence and competence in pronunciation of athlete’s names with Māori/ Pasifika heritage

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Time to take your game to the next level 🏉🏐🏀 Registrations are now open.

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Not sure when the collective decided that the letter h in Tapuha was silent. But it’s not.

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Congratulations to @IngoaProject alumni @SullyLeagueTALK who is covering the @NSWRL Grand Final today. Pronunciation the best of any caller, on any Rugby League broadcast in Australia this year.

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If any media are covering the NRL Pacific Tests coming up and would like to brush up on their pronunciation, you are encouraged to get in touch with us, plenty of time to improve your confidence and competence leading into these special games.

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@joeyonthegoey @antonposa @SWTGallagher There is actually a slight difference. The g in Fijian is pronounced ng as in singer, however the q is ng + hard g more like mango.

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@antonposa @SWTGallagher Also back yourself in, don’t be intimidated by the length. The vowels all the same. The q is very unique to the Fijians, think of it as a ng + hard g

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@antonposa @SWTGallagher The Wallabies filmed a video awhile ago here https://t.co/nTrwr0dRDr

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@Danny_Weidler It’s a funny one! Was originally made probably around 2014/15 but really stuck. You’ll remember next time ✅

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A reminder, It’s Siosiua, the Tongan version of Joshua. The two word thing is a typo from many moons ago that’s stuck around for far too long. It would be like writing Da Nny

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BREAKING: Sio Siua Taukeiaho has been seen at Belmore ... believed he is rehabilitating his injured foot with club. No contract with the club at this point. @9NewsSyd @NRLonNine

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Why when this video (and our program) exists, are we getting this weird version of Nanai on @FOXNRL ? https://t.co/vzuaWZIIZh

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But are we ready to pronounce his name?

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Boxer Teremoana Teremoana is already our favourite Olympian. 😂

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Be like Matahi, Ian and Tatiana in your pronunciation of Teahupo'o https://t.co/FhVo6Y2M7r

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Sorry to confirm with commentators that Zahara and Temara do not rhyme. Please stop trying to make it happen.

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Our 2024 #NRLW squad have provided all fans and media with the correct pronunciation of their names in the lead up to their season which kicks off next weekend!

#WeAreRaiders

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@RNEditss @suthodan Here and ready to assist anyone who would like to develop professionally! Agree with the sentiments, once you have a handle on the basics, it’s so much more straightforward and less intimidating than people imagine.

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@bendeeble @LoxDixon Phonetics are better than nothing but leave a lot of room for interpretation and therefore errors. If you know you’re going to be in a position where these names are around a lot then just do some professional learning and it will be second nature

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@bendeeble @LoxDixon The great thing about Māori & Pacific languages is that they are logical and consistent, once you learn the vowels & the rules for each you’re golden…… we see significant improvement in competence and confidence in as little as 2 hours

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Not sure where the ‘z’ sound is coming from in Isaako, but can confirm, there is no letter z in the Samoan alphabet.

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A course highlight has to be when we are working on Fijian names.. we learn about the letter ‘c’ being pronounced the same as the th in father… and the correct pronunciation of the name Civoniceva clicks.

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If you were going to break Ofahengaue into syllables. It would be Ofa-he-nga-ue . There is no hard ‘g’ sound. The ng is pronounced as it is in the English word singer.

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Watch this video of the Cook Islands Māori vowels. When pronouncing Iro. You need to pronounce the “i” as the English ee as in bee. Then roll the r. Then finish with the ‘o’ sound which is more similar to the English word or. https://t.co/X8apr1F0Ye

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Listen to little mate in the video and then pronounce Sivo. https://t.co/iIWUZlIBbt