I didn't create the problem, but I'm not getting any help to fix that," said Úst̓i, 34, who lives in the Heiltsuk coastal community of Bella Bella, B.C. Jess Úst̓i lives in the Heiltsuk community of Bella Bella, B.C. "It is literally impossible to convey the sounds of the language using only the English alphabet," she told CBC News. The only way to accommodate Indigenous names like Úst̓i's is to anglicize them using the Latin alphabet. Shaw said the omission of diacritics for Indigenous names could be compared to identifying Francophone members of parliament without the French accents central to their names.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2021 12:56 UTC