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 ====General Remarks On Orthography====
-Magellanican was originally 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 generally restricted to ceremonial documents, public monuments or art.
+Magellanican is written in a native script which is an alphabet derived from an earlier featural abugida. The Latin script was introduced in the 18th Century so as to more easily use imported printing machinery. The native script has undergone a resurgence in use since the introduction of Unicode into modern information technology. The current situation can be described as digraphia.
 ====Magellanican Alphabet====