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====General Remarks On Orthography====
====General Remarks On Orthography====


Magellanican has a native script (Mag: Ulyetlitti Telyuq) which is derived from an earlier, featural abugida. The Latin alphabet (Mag: Ulyetlitti Ūrawaq) was introduced in the 17th century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe.
Magellanican has a native script (Mag: Ulyelkitti Telkuq) which is derived from an earlier, featural abugida. The Latin alphabet (Mag: Ulyelkitti Ūrawaq) was introduced in the 17th century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe.


The current situation is one of digraphia with Ulyetlitti Ūrawaq used for science, engineering and other technical matters and Ulyetlitti Telyuq employed in all other domains.
The current situation is one of digraphia with Ulyelkitti Ūrawaq used for science, engineering and other technical matters and Ulyelkitti Telkuq employed in all other domains.


Magellanican spelling in both scripts is generally phonemic but does reflect the effects of internal sandhi although not of external sandhi.
Magellanican spelling in both scripts is generally phonemic but does reflect the effects of internal sandhi although not of external sandhi.