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Orthograph.Y of Incorporated Spanhh 'llorde
The revisad judpnt expressed after the firat vote of tbe
Confe rence
1a
clearly the aound ene for the reaaona atated in the
so-oalled minority (aotually majority) report on this i tem1
it avoido the confusion of mixing two orthographieo, one 1ncona1stent
in itaelf, and therefore removeo a barrier in reading oampaigna and
it helps the Indian to pronounce Spanish correctly,
(Hie learning
to
!!2!ll.
Spanish correctly oan only come when he studieo Spanish
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The rule ia therefore that Spanieh wordo ehall be trana–
Uterated in "uecbua text by ueing the
~chua
alphabet to repreeent
Spanieh sounde as far as it does ao, adding where neceaeary tha
Spanieh charaoters
"b",
"d",
nrn,
"g", "rr" and u1ing the Spanieh
vowela ttau, "e
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111", non,
"u."
ae
1n
Spaniah
epelling.
(The use of tbe Spaniah vowela w111 help gradually in the
oorrect pronunciation of theae words.)
(Note: Tha "Minority" report aaema not quita to realiza that
the term "tranaliteration" meane exaotly what tha report recoi!JD8nda
and not tha contrary. To
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tranal1terete" ia to apall a foreign
word aubatantially according to ita foreign pronunciation uaing
tha appropriata lettera of tha nativa alphabet to represent tbe
foreign aounda -
i.a.,
1t
ia •trena
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farred into tha nativa
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If a Spaniah word ia apellad in ita diat1notively Spanieh manner
in "uechua it ia "adoptad without tranalitaration•.)
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