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given for a very similar Quechua catechism that appears alongside the Omagua catechism in the
appendix to Uriarte’s diaries (Uriarte ([1776]1952a:215-220, [1776]1986:602-607)). In the case of the
fragments of Omagua found in Uriarte’s diary, the spanish translation consists of the translation
he provides in text. We include these translations because they are the closest approximation to an
‘original’ translation available, even though they are typically only partially faithful to the Omagua.
3.2 Orthographic Representations
In this section we discuss three issues relevant to the accurate assignment of phonemic representations
for words in the Old Omagua texts: orthographic conventions employed by the original Jesuit
authors; common scribal errors made by copyists involved in the reproduction of the texts; and
certain diachronic issues relevant to the assignment of phonemic representations
The orthographic conventions employed by the Jesuits who contributed to each of the texts are
given in Table 3.1. 107 For the most part, the phonemic interpretation of these orthographic conventions
is relatively straightforward, assuming Hispanophone orthographic conventions in the use of
graphemes like , , , and . Perhaps the most obvious non-Hispanophone
conventions are the use for /k/ and for /S/, presumably attributable to the prominent
role of German-speaking Jesuits in the Omagua ecclesiastical text tradition (see §9.1).
Table 3.1: Phoneme-Orthography Correspondences in Old Omagua Texts
Phoneme Lord’s Prayer Fragment Full Profession Diaries
p p p p p p
t t t t t t
k c, k c, qu c, k, qu c, qu c, qu
k w gu qu, cu, co
m m m m m m
n n n, nn n, nn n n
s s z, ss, c s, ss, z, c s, c, z z, c, ch 108
S sch, sc sch, ch sch, ssch, sh, ch sch, ch s
tS ch ch ch ch
R r r r, rr r r
w hu, v gu, hu, v hu, u, v, gu hu, u, v gu, u, v, b
y y y, j, i y y y, j
i i, e i, e i, y i, y i
e e, i e, i e e e, i
1 e e, ue e, ue e, ue e, ue
u u, o u, o u, o u, o u, o
a a a a a a
ai ai, ae ai ai, ae, ay ai, ae, ay ai
ui ui ui ui ui
a1 aeg aeg ag
107 Cells are grayed out if the segment in question is not attested in a particular text.
108 See below for a discussion of the single token in which corresponds to /s/.
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