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There is strong evidence that the ''Širkattarnaft'' was insufficient in representing Vadi phonology and phonotactics.  Numerous digraphs, spelling anomalies if not irregularities, are found throughout the texts.  Schumann and Iyyaħmi, the two major contributors to our current knowledge of the Vadi language, use two different Romanized systems for glossing purposes.  Schumann's is based on Spanish, as it is his native language and moreover, he feels the Spanish orthography represents the phonology of Vadi accurately.  Iyyaħmi's publications inside Minhay utilize the ''Širkattarnaft'' to maintain Vadi's historical link with the actual system in the Scriptum, as well as to make it accessible to native Minhast speakers.  However, for international publications, Iyyaħmi prefers the Ammerkast system for glossing Vadi grammar, which he believes maps closer to the ''Širkattarnaft'' and he exploits this mapping to show sandhi and mutations that are not represented in Schumann's system.  Both do employ IPA to represent the actual phonology of the textual material, but even here both Vadists diverge, as the IPA of Iyyaħmi reflects his more recent work on how the ''Širkattarnaft'' was used to represent Vadi phonology and phonotactics, whereas Schumann maintains Iyyaħmi's analyses are problematic.  Today, however, the consensus among Vadists is that Iyyaħmi's analyses are more accurate.