Norma Ortográfica Andaluza

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The Norma Ortográfica Andaluza (Andalusian Spelling Norm and abbreviated as NOA) is a Spanish spelling transcription method in actual commercial use for transcribing popular songs, flamenco lyrics, or whatever other texts which aim to reflect the actual speech features of the Spanish language of the Andalusian region and is based on the standard Andalusian language of folklore in use throughout the region of Andalusia and wherever it has been carried by flamenco performers.

This system is different from the standard Castilian spelling mostly in the representation of the 10 Andalusian vowels: five which it shares with Castillian (a, e, i, o, u), and five which are termed open or aspirated which are proper to the Andalusian accent, and are represented with a grave accent (`): (à, è, ì, ò, ù) and are mostly used in situations where an "s" has been aspirated before another consonant, (and the omission of certain other consonants as well). This aspiration often results in a duplication or a lengthening of the following consonant.

Eg.:

Lò jóvenè ècelentè han venío de la universidá.

Los jóvenes excelentes han venido de la universidad.

When such an aspirated vowel also happens to carry the accent in a word and would usually be marked with an acute accent, the two accents, (grave and acute) merge into a circumflex accent over the vowel (â, ê, î, ô, û).