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====General Remarks On Orthography==== | ====General Remarks On Orthography==== | ||
Magellanican has a native script (Mag: | 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 | 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. | ||