Where Did the Quechua Spelling Rules Come From?
But where did this spelling rule come from? Isnt is a weird rule that some scientist linguist invented? No! In fact, no person invented it at all. Quechua did. It is just a natural sound rule of Quechua itself. Dont believe us? Well just try saying all of the sounds below naturally, and you will see how in the last one you automatically must change the vowel to [o] if you want to pronounce it in natural Quechua. , you have to change the pronunciation of the vowel in the last one. It is a sound law of Quechua that [qu] or [qi] is impossible in Quechua, its automatically [qo] and [qe]. This was not invented by anyone, its just natural for easier pronunciation. The same occurs with certain sounds and letters in English, and in Spanish. Take the pronunciation of the word dedo (finger). Most native Spanish-speakers naturally find it easier to say the se