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SANSCRIT ALPHABET. 



jfoTE. — The first column contains the letters employed to represent the Sanscrit 

 characters in the following Vocabulary. 



Vowels. 



a, pronounced like u in hut,'^ or like a in German. 

 nearly like a in call,* or in /ar.f 



" e in hefal. 

 like ee in meet, 

 u in full, 

 u in ?'?fZe. 



ri in merrily, (or nearly like smooth r.) 

 r lengthened. 

 " ?i in Zi7^ (nearly). 

 Ir lengthened. 



e in loliere* or a in amiable.f 

 ei in height. 

 in 5^0 ?ie. 

 au, '• '* o?i in our. 



^ a nasal, equivalent to either m or ?i. In many words it may be either 



omitted or inserted, at pleasure. 

 <», a substitute for a final aspirate or sibilant. 



Gutturals. 



C, pronounced like c in car ; never like s. 



" c aspirated, (as in Mac-Henry) ; never like ch in cheer. 



" g in gun ; never like J. 



" g aspirated, as in log-house. 



" ng in King. 



Palatals. 

 tf, pronounced like ch in church. 



