Re: [aymara] hymns try #3

[Ken Beesley <Ken.Beesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [Don Asay]
> by the way,  I am curious.  you and ken had had the following re:
> orthography can you tell me more regarding orthography and what differences
> there are. I know little of this and am quite curious.
> 
> [Alex Condori]
> Well, there are several orthographies for the Aymara language.
> The Book of Mormon is written using the CALA, that is
> widely related to religious texts, not just the mormon ones.
> There was (and maybe there is) a certain resistance from
> the church environment to abandon the CALA orthography
> to adopt the Unified one. The orthography fights are
> real ideological confrontations that go beyond what is
> considered linguistics.

The Book of Mormon was apparently translated back in the 70s, back
when CALA was judged to be the most standard orthography available.
It is said that the whole book was translated at that time, but
that only a standard set of selections was published at first.
My copy (the whole Book) has a copyright of 1985 and a print
date of 1990.

Alex has already pointed people to Jorge's useful chart:

http://aymara.org/arusa/qillqa_eng.html

I would imagine that if the book were re-edited now, it would
be recast in Alfabeto Único.

Ken


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