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

Magellanican is written in a native script (Mag: ~~Uljejatzi Teljuq~~) which is an alphabet derived from an earlier featural abugida. It is written from left to right.

Magellanican is written in a native script (Mag: Ulyeyatzi Telyuq) which is an alphabet derived from an earlier featural abugida. It is written from left to right.

The Latin script was introduced in the 18th Century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe. The current situation is one of digraphia with the ~~Uljejatzi~~ Ūravaq (Latin Alphabet) being primarily used for scientific, engineering and technical publications and the ~~Uljejatzi Teljuq~~ being mostly used for literature, religion and art. Outside these domains, for more mundane matters, the Latin Alphabet tends to be used by the upper echelons of society and the Magellanic Alphabet by the lower.

The Latin script was introduced in the 18th Century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe. The current situation is one of digraphia with the Ulyeyatzi Ūravaq (Latin Alphabet) being primarily used for scientific, engineering and technical publications and the Ulyeyatzi Telyuq being mostly used for literature, religion and art. Outside these domains, for more mundane matters, the Latin Alphabet tends to be used by the upper echelons of society and the Magellanic Alphabet by the lower.

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

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 ====General Remarks On Orthography====
-Magellanican is written in a native script (Mag: Uljejatzi Teljuq) which is an alphabet derived from an earlier featural abugida. It is written from left to right.
+Magellanican is written in a native script (Mag: Ulyeyatzi Telyuq) which is an alphabet derived from an earlier featural abugida. It is written from left to right.
-The Latin script was introduced in the 18th Century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe. The current situation is one of digraphia with the Uljejatzi Ūravaq (Latin Alphabet) being primarily used for scientific, engineering and technical publications and the Uljejatzi Teljuq being mostly used for literature, religion and art. Outside these domains, for more mundane matters, the Latin Alphabet tends to be used by the upper echelons of society and the Magellanic Alphabet by the lower.
+The Latin script was introduced in the 18th Century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe. The current situation is one of digraphia with the Ulyeyatzi Ūravaq (Latin Alphabet) being primarily used for scientific, engineering and technical publications and the Ulyeyatzi Telyuq being mostly used for literature, religion and art. Outside these domains, for more mundane matters, the Latin Alphabet tends to be used by the upper echelons of society and the Magellanic Alphabet by the lower.
 Magellanican spelling is generally phonemic in both scripts but does reflect the effects of internal sandhi although not of external sandhi.