/a/ (qua)(guia) xa ja cha gia (nha) fia bia pia (mia) (ria) qua gua /u/ qui (guia) xu ju (chu)(giu)(nhu)(fiu) - - (miu) (riu) - - /o/ qio guio xo (jo) cho gio (nho)(fio)(bio) - (mio) (rio) - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /au/ qió guió xó jó chó gió - (fió)(bió) - mió (rió) quó guó /uu/ (qiú)(guiú)(xú) jú (chú) giú nhú - - - - (riú) - - /ou/ qiô (guiô) xô jô chô giô nhô fiô (biô) piô (miô) (riô) - - gueô geô neô beô reô In this chart the phonemic grid is presented in a broad phonetic {8} notation while the underlined entries are in the form used by the text. Dashes indicate sequences which do not occur in the Christian material; while the forms in parentheses are sequences which do not occur in the text but have been reconstructed on the basis of the overall system from sequences attested to elsewhere. The forms _ie_, _vo_, _vó_, and _vô_ have been placed in brackets to indicate that neither /e/, /o/, /oo/, or /au/ occur in the syllable initial position; and, where in the modern language they do, the text regularly spells that with an initial _i_ or _v_. The forms in _eô_ at the foot of the chart represent sequences that are phonetically identical to the forms above them, but which are transcribed differently to reflect morphological considerations; e.g., the form _agueô_ from the stem _ague_. The phonetic values of /au/, /uu/, and /ou/ are [[IPA: Open-mid back rounded vowel]:], [u:], and [o:]. Two aspects of the usage of _q_ should be noticed. First, as in the _Arte_, _c_ is changed to _q_ before _o_ and _u_, when the sequence occurs at a morphological juncture; e.g., _ioqu_ 'well,' and _iqó_ 'I shall go.' (This rule does not extend to _a_ in such contexts; cf., _iocatta_ 'was good.') Second, in contrast to the system used by Rodriguez, Collado does not feel compelled to follow _q_ with _u_ in all contexts. Thus what Rodriguez spells as _queredomo_ Collado spells as _qeredomo_. Finally, the text records one usage of the letter _h_ in the exclamation _ha_. _The Morphological System_