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 ====General Remarks On Orthography====
-Magellanican was written in a which was derived from an earlier featural abugida. The native alphabet is written from left to right and from top to bottom across the page. The Latin alphabet was introduced in the 19th Century to take advantage of imported printing machinery thus creating an example of synchronic digraphia. Since the introduction of computer technology, the native script has seen a resurgence in use. The script is generally phonemic but does reflect sandhi as necessary.
+Magellanican was written in a native script which was a mixture of pictograms, alphabetic letters and syllabic signs, not dissimilar in principle to Mesopotamian cuneiform, and monopolised by a small class of scribes. Contact with the West introduced the Latin script which was much more accessible and modern use of native script is restricted to ceremonial documents, public monuments or art.
 ====Magellanican Alphabet====