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


Magellanican has a native script (Mag: Ulyelhitti Telkuq) which is derived from an earlier, featural abugida. The Latin alphabet (Mag: Ulyelhitti Ūrapaq) was introduced in the 17th century in order to take advantage of imported printing presses from Europe.
Magellanican has a native script (Mag: Ulyekatti Telkuq) which is derived from an earlier, featural abugida. The Latin alphabet (Mag: Ulyekatti Ūrapaq) 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 Ulyelhitti Ūrapaq used for science, engineering and other technical matters and Ulyelhitti Telkuq employed in all other domains.
The current situation is one of digraphia with Ulyekatti Ūrapaq used for science, engineering and other technical matters and Ulyekatti Telkuq employed in all other domains.


Magellanican spelling in both scripts is generally phonemic and indicates the effects of internal sandhi although not those of external sandhi.
Magellanican spelling in both scripts is generally phonemic and indicates the effects of internal sandhi although not those of external sandhi.