that can equally be said of and however once one learns what functions the tilde and the cedilla serve they become pronunciatory aids to show that words like pi ata and fa ade are pronounced as or more usually and or and not as and or as i said the functions of the okina tilde and cedilla could all be learnt very quickly by those who are unfamiliar therewith just because a character is only ever found in borrowed terms does not mean that it cannot function as a pronunciatory aid