Complex sentence: The word "Tongva" was recorded by Merriam in 1903 from a single informant; he spelled it Tong-vā; by his orthography, it would be pronounced,.
Split into simpler sentences: The word "Tongva" was recorded by Merriam in 1903 from a single informant. He spelled it Tong-vā; by his orthography, it would be pronounced,.