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TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION. 



A, a, the indistinct short vowel, pronounced nearly like a in human. 

 A^, a^, pronounced like a mfar. 



^ a nasal sound. In many Sanscrit words, it may be either omitted or 

 inserted, at pleasure. 

 ^, a substitute for a final aspirate or sibilant. 



t, d, n, are the Sanscrit cerebrals, pronounced nearly like the dentals, but 

 with the sound thrown further back in the head. 

 Cautions. — In the aspirated letters Ch, Ph, Th, the distinct sound of 

 each letter should be preserved, as in Mac-Henry, hap-hazard, hot-house. 

 C and G should never be pronounced like s and dj. 



BREATHINGS. 



' The spiritus asper, or guttural breathing, — hardened into c, g, or h. 

 ^ The dental breathing, — hardened into d, s, f, or t. 

 ' The spiritus lenis, or labial breathing, — hardened into b, f, p, m, or v. 

 ° The truncating or terminal breathing, which may be hardened into 

 any final consonant. 



