1862.1 45 [Consonants. 



b. Consonants. 



§ 50. The consonant.s of the English language, which have been 

 described in Chapter V., are represented in writing in the following 

 manner : 



Labials. 2. The soft consonant : 



1. The hard consonant : 13y d, as in day^ had, 



}ly p, as in pit, hoj), " dd, '• add, bladder, 



" PPy " ^"^PPJ/i " '-"^ " hdcUlnm. 

 " <jh, " hiccough, 



" p/f, " diphthong. 3. Fluid consonants of the Jrrst 



series : 



2. The soft consonant : a. JVon-sonant: 



]3y b, as in boic, sob, By th, as in thunder, lorath, 



" bb, " ebb, robber. " j^hth, " apophthegm. 



b. Sonant: 



ii. The non-sonant Jluld conso- IJy th, as in then, leather. 



nant : 



By/, as in fame, safe, ^- ^^"'^^ consonants of the second 



" /, " off, traffc, 



series . 



