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Posterior to the palatals, the post-palatals, usually called gutturals 

 are formed. They do not come from the throat, altho they ar the most 

 posterior of the usual European consonants. The guttural liquid is (33) 

 yi whose aspirate (34) yhi I believe 1 have detected in Cherokee. The 

 nasal of (36) gi^ is (35) ngl (.§) in sing^ ring* which has no connex- 

 ion with 111 as usually supposed. The aspirate of gi is (37) ghi in the 

 German word rcgon, and of (38) A:i, (39) khl in icl), (Spanish J) which 

 makes a near approach to the English and German (40) At, which I have 

 doubtingly placed as a liquid of the glottal series. It has a vibrant as- 

 pirate (41) which can be readily formd, and may be the proper power 

 of the Hebrew hhaith. 



The Tshiauk Indians of the Columbia river, have a K formed far- 

 ther back than the ordinary ki, which always precedes its proper aspi- 

 rate, and is represented by qq or qh by the Spaniards; the same sound 

 being, as I believe, found in Mekhiko. I am unable to tell in what re- 

 spect this differs from the Arabic K ^^ qof\ never having enjoyed an 



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opportunity of studying the latter. Qof appears to be more posterior 

 than qqi, and the mouth less contracted, whilst the tip of the tung does 

 not rest upon the palate near the teeth. The latter peculiarity virtually 

 places ti before the letter, and perhaps a slight Ihi after it. Mr. Hale of 

 the United States Exploring Expedition appears to have confounded it 

 with no. 39, at least in its essential peculiarity. I am inclined to think 

 that the Arabic vibrant (44) ghain, which corresponds to no. 37, is the 

 grave correspondnt to the Tshiauk (46) with the addition of the vibra- 

 tion. The glottal series, being as distinct from the guttural as these ar 

 from the dentals, they require distinct characters, altho I am of opinion 

 that each of the faiv verticl columns should be represented by a single 

 character, the distinctions being made by appropriate points. Thus if 

 B, (the curves of which may indicate the lips) be a proper representa- 

 tiv of the sound bi, its nasal mi would be well represented by g . 



The last modification of the vois to which I will call attention, is 

 the close of the glottis as in coughing, and is of cours llie termination 

 of the seris. It is heard in a vulgar German equivalent for ?to, which 

 may be written ii » >• « , each of the three letters being nasalised. The 

 corresponding English word is pronaunst « » >• h. It is an essential ele- 

 ment of human speech, and the Wyandot language cannot be written 

 with out it. 



*Dr. Patterson of the Am. Phil. Soc. informs me that in Herr Faber's speak- 

 ing machine ngi is formed by touching the gui and the nasal key at the same time. 

 This machine requires but sixteen keys several of which can be touched at once, 

 A and O for example, producing- r^. 



