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For example, ~tai} and ~tayj sound alike; if all words of a
language are of the stru.cture consonant-vowel-consonant
(symbolized as CVC) like fpasf, /topf, fsapf, fyatf, etc.,
then ~tal} ie forced in the nativa psychology to beco:ne
ftay/. In q,uechua, there are the patterns CVCV (as fwaoi/),
CVCVC (as fpacap/ 'cien 1 ), CVCCV (as jlampaj 'pala 1 ), and
CVCCVC (as /t 1ank 1ar/ 'una plantA'); because of this
pressure, "tai", "taita" and the like are forced into /tayf,
/tayta/, and so on. As supporting evidence for thio con–
clusion, notice that the stress, e:<cept for emoti~nal d tua–
tions, occurs on the next to the last vowel in a word,
whether it be / 1sua/ o;• / 1wosi/ vr / 'mikuy/, but that the
stress rule would be complicated if / 11Aikuy/ were wrl tt2n
/ 'mikui/. Furtner, certain suff:!Xes have different forms
depending upon whether they follow a vowel ora consonant;
in these situations, /-y/ and /-w/ act l1ke consonada;
thus in Andehuaylas, /chunka/ •ten 1 plus /kimsa/ 'three 1
gives chunka·-kimsa-yuj, in which yuj follows the vowel
directly, / chunka/ plus fyuj/ 'one' gives /chunka-yuk-ni-yok/
in which /ni/ intervenes between the consonants: /iskay/
1two 1 follows the consonant pattern, to give
/ chunka-i -yojf; note al so / chuchaw-ni-yoj/ 'a psrson
who has a pele 1 for / -w/.
(b) the structural pressure is also exerted in such a way as
to unite some groups of the sounds into "single sounds" or
sound units.
Thus, 1f the vast l!fljority of "ords begins with a single
consonant, certain types of groups like ~t ~ s1, ~p -~h~
~n + dj which come in that pos1tion, are forced into single
units. In q,uechua, it is this structural pressure which
makes ~~}. ~llj, ~eh~, {ph~, ~p 1.), (i.e. ~n +y.), ~l + y.j,
~t + aj ~p + hj, and ~p + ?.) ) single sound units. They
act like single consonante at the beginning of words, and in
the middle of "ords, so that only one consonant comes at
the beginning or end of words, and only two in the middle
of words.
"Once the sound uni ts are found, each is representad by only one
symbol, in a phonemic orthogrc.;>hy, in order to parellel the nativa
monolingual psychology."
"The alphabet w111 then be consistent, which in turn contributes
greatly to tbe ease of reading and writing:
1) If two lettere are usad arb1trar1ly to represent ono sound,
1t increases especially the difficulty of writing (spelling);
compare the difficulUes presentad by Spanish "b" and nv".
a) If two separata eound un1to are representad by the same letter,
it increaoes especially the ol.ifficulty of reading (but not as
mucb of writing) becauae of the o.mbigu.ity.