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 All three Vadists do employ IPA to represent the actual phonology of the textual material, but even here significant divergences often emerge. The IPA of Iyyaħmi reflects his more recent work on how the ''Širkattarnaft'' was used to represent Vadi phoħħnology and phonotactics, and for the most part Tashunka's IPA is concordant with that of Iyyaħmi.  The traditionalist system Schumann  uses is the main source of discordant IPA renditions of the same text.  These divergences can impact other areas of reconstructing the Vadi language, as the IPA rendition in one system may yield separate words or morphemes that are lacking in the other system.
-These different orthographies sparked a great amount of controversy in the Vadist community, dividing it into the traditionalist camp represented first and foremost by Schumann, and by the "Young Turk" camp (as called by the traditionalists).  The existence of the Aħħur texts have only served to add confusion to this controversy, as the spelling in the fragments of the textual material is consistent and regular, and if anything indicates the Vadi phonemic inventory is even smaller than that of Minhast.  A compromise solution has been advanced, that the Aħħur texts represent an even younger form of Vadi.  Unfortunately carbon dating analysis of the Aħħur and Kalapái materials cannot provide support for that hypothesis as both corpora have been already contaminated by the number of hands that have handled the material.
+These different orthographies are emblematic of the split in the Vadist community.  The existence of the Aħħur texts have only served to add confusion, as the spelling in the fragments of the textual material is consistent and regular, suggesting the Vadi phonemic inventory is even smaller than that of Minhast.  A compromise solution has been advanced by a minority of Vadists, that the Aħħur texts represent an even later form of Vadi increasingly influenced by the dominant Minhast language.  Thus far, no conclusive evidence has been found to support this hypothesis.  Alternative tests, non-linguistic tests for this hypothesis have  been proposed, the most recent one being carbon dating of the Aħħur and Kalapái parchments.  Unfortunately, carbon dating analysis of the texts cannot provide support for that hypothesis as both corpora have been already contaminated by the number of hands that have handled the material.
-However, Iyyaħmi statistical analyses are statistically significant and have withstood scrutiny in numerous peer reviews.  The traditionalists argue that Iyyaħmi starts out with the conclusion and worked backwards to make the data conform to his hypothesis, but this conclusion lacks support.  As a result, an increasing number of Vadists are adopting Iyyaħmi's findings today.
+However, Iyyaħmi analyses are statistically significant and have withstood scrutiny in numerous peer reviews.  The traditionalists argue that Iyyaħmi starts out with the conclusion and worked backwards to make the data conform to his hypothesis, but this conclusion lacks support.  As a result, an increasing number of Vadists are adopting Iyyaħmi's findings today.
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