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The OrthogtepbY of :Boliv ian Quechua
There are atated here, firat the one difference frcm the
ortho~phy
sot
for Cuzco Qnechua, and than
a
complete diagram for :Solivian Quechua.
Dr. Pike writes:
"In Quechua of :Bolivia, only ona velar fricativo occurs
at the end of word' and it 1& linked phonemioally w1th the medial
tJ}
so that
it ie beat alwaye wr1tten
f
jf
1n
:Bolivia. •
.lccordingly tbe back velar fricativa -q in the Cu•oo elphebet is omitted
in :Bolivia,
:Solivian phonemee
B1labials
)Jentall .llveo-palatala Velara Back velara
unaopiratod etope
aapirated otops
glottelized stope
ll88Bla
voiceless fr1eatives
later als
voiced flap
vocal1c glides
vowela:
high
p
ph
P'
m
" -"
(non-phonemic variants)
low
th
t•
n
r
oh
k
ohh
kh
oh'
k'
ñ
eh
j-j-j
11
y
u
(e)
(o)
a
Strenc
usa d only when atress falla elsewhere than on penul t
J.dde d Spani
sh
aounde
b
d
f
g
rr
Uee of non-phonemic variante • e• and "o":
q-
qh
q'
(1) Next to the baek velara uqn, "qh" and "q'" • variants "e" and
11
o
11
shou.ldbe ueed conoistently, except where "11" (possibly some other phonemes)
in the next oyllable alte r e the o·mditioning,
(2) The eame should hold trua in one and two sucoeeding syllables if the low
variant is pereistently usad,
libere the baok velar influence is not
extended to the aucceeding ayllables use "1" and
11
u".
(3) In worda of nativa or1g1n wh1ch do not oontain the back velare, only
"i"
and "u" ahould be ueed.