Chase.] 274 [October. 



13. Hungarian e, between judgment and it. 



There are also ten foreign vowels intermediate " between those of 

 the throat and the lip side of the scale, and akin to both." [§ 430.] 

 The extremes are o in konig, and ii in libel. Of these sounds two 

 are common to French and German, one is French, one Russian, 

 one Swedish, one Samojedic, one Alsacian, and three are unrepre- 

 sented. 



Perhaps the simplest of the impure vowels (or sounds which are 

 otherwise modified than by the size and shape of the oral cavitj), 

 are the guttural ch, and Welsh u (y), akin to French u, but made 

 "with the tongue between the teeth" [§ 439], and related to Welsh 

 11, nearly as u to v. 



In the class of tongue-modified vowels should also be included 

 the Sanscrit r and Ir. 



Gary, in his " Sungskirt Grammar," represents the r sound by 

 tr instead of ri, which is the substitute adopted by most of the more 

 recent writers upon the Sanscrit language. Dr. Joseph Thomas, 

 who visited India for the purpose of studying the pronunciation of 

 the natives, says that r is neither ir nor ri, but a simple soft burr, 

 or rolled vowel. The 1/' appears to be a kind of palatal u. The 

 affinity of u, r, and 1, is shown by the various attempts of the 

 Chinese and of children to pronounce sounds that they are unable to 

 form. 



If the number of possible pure vowels is infinite, the same must 

 be true a fortiori of the modified vowels, and among the vocalized 

 or semi-vocalized aspirates, sibilants, nasals, and liquids, an im- 

 mense number of sounds might readily be found, which are used 

 neither in our own nor in any other language. 



Professor Haldeman made some remarks upon the same 

 subject, giving illustrations of whispered vowels. 



Pending nominations l^os. 503, 504, were read. 



Dr. Coates called the attention of the Society to the part 

 of the Catalogue already printed, and moved that copies be 

 presented to corresponding Societies. On motion of Prof. 

 Cresson, the motion of Dr. Coates was laid on the table. 

 Mr. Chase moved that the Catalogue as far as printed, be 

 distributed to subscribers. On motion of Prof. Cresson, it 

 was referred to the Committee on the Library, with instruc- 

 tions to report. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



