Complex sentence: According to work published by Vi Hilbert and other Lushootseed language specialists, Lushootseed uses a morphophonemic writing system meaning that it is a phonemic alphabet with slight changes occurring periodically, such as when an affix is introduced.
Split into simpler sentences: According to work published by Vi Hilbert and other Lushootseed language specialists, Lushootseed uses a morphophonemic writing system. What this means is that while the language is based around a phonetic alphabet, slight changes occur periodically such as when an affix is introduced.