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Variant spelling of [[AMLICITES|A<small>MLICITES</small>]]

Amlikites
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/2.11?lang=eng#10 Alma 2:11]
::P: Amlikites
::1830-1981: Amlicites
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/2.12?lang=eng#11 Alma 2:12] 
::P: Amlikites
::1830-1981: Amlicites

Discussion: Probably also Amlikites in O, "which would suggest that Joseph Smith pronounced Amlicites (as well as its base morpheme, the name [[AMLICI|A<small>MLICI</small>]]) with a /''k''/ sound rather than with the /''s''/ sound proposed in the Pronouncing Guide at the back of the 1981 [LDS] edition" (''ATV'' 3:1605). This seems to be supported by other BofM names like [[AMALEKI|A<small>MALEKI</small>]], [[AMULEK|A<small>MULEK</small>]], etc. 

Acceptability: Scribal error; Amlicites correct form, but pronounced as Amlikites.

Source: ''ATV'' 3:1605-9.

General Summary: Skousen thinks it should be merged with Amalekites to be spelled Amlicites in all instances.

==Bibliography==
*[[Royal J. Skousen]] [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=104&chapid=1165 History of the Critical Text Project of the Book of Mormon] found in [[Gerald M. Bradford]] and [[Alison V. P. Coutts]]' [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=104 Uncovering the Original Text of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2002.]

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