APPENDIX A. PHONETIC KEY TO THE 

 ARAUCANIAN LANGUAGE 



The equivalents listed below will indicate rough approximations to 

 the Araucanian sounds. They are based on transcriptions made by 

 Felix Jose de Augusta for his Diccionario (vol. i, p. xiv, 1916) and 

 his Lecturas Araucanas (2d ed., pp. v and vi, 1934), and on observa- 

 tions made by the Vv'riter while in residence among the Araucanians 

 in Chile during the field work of the present study. 



a as in car 



ch as in church 



d a sound between d in day and th in 



thing 

 e like a in may 

 f like V in evening 

 i as in inner 

 / like j in French je 

 k as in kitten 



I as in lay 



II as in million 

 m as in man 



n as in not 



q like ng in German Stange 



n as in canon 



o as in onion 



p as in pan 



r as in Spanish pero 



s as in sack 



t as in tongue 



tr like ch said with force 



u like 00 in cool 



w like 00 in foot 



y as in yet 



r, n', and t' pronounced with tip of 

 tongue between teeth nearly closed 

 (Felix Jose used a dot in place of an 

 apostrophe) 



u pronounced like the German u but 

 with much force and from the throat 

 as if gargling without water 



9 pronounced in the same manner as ii 

 but with less force 



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