292 Ci AP DEM Wire 
Affinities of Letters. 
(a on by Vowels Afpirates 
a Ohi / | I ¥ Cf) 4 ofthe Germans.* 
ne ¥ is L R The Ruffians 
sage oe - fi} > * have this afpi- 
: < D 2. S$ Ps. Nafal ftopt rate but no ap- 
S Ie n D z propriated let- 
; W x7 oO; ° ter 
hb m B P ; 
G = os 
a ‘i 2 | D rel k 
pr rencey apy 
To render this alphabet ufeful, it will be proper for the 
teachers of Children to learn the true Pronunciation of the 
letters, by the preceding rules, which refer to the table of 
founds, in which the common vowels are placed at the 
top of the feven perpendicular columns, and the remain- 
ing vowels and afpirates oppofite the horizontal lines. 
The charaGters are generally at the beginning of the 
words, fucceeded by the common vowels, except j and 
~, which the common vowels precede. ‘The commonett 
monofyllables, and words of the moft fimple pronunciati- 
on that contain the founds, whether written or not, have 
been fought for in compofing the table, to illuftrate the 
characters, and the true mode of fpelling 1s placed under 
fuch as are not written with acorrect orthography, or that 
do not at prefent contain the written letters. When the 
true pronunciation of thefe feveral powers is learnt, it will 
be eafy to teach them tochildren, of a moderate capacity, 
in a few days, and ina few weeks a child would be able 
to read perfectly, provided the language were correctly 
{pelled. 
The following table is intended to give a true idea of 
the power of each letter, by exhibiting a determinate found 
to each character, in feveral of the moft familiar examples. 
Table 
* The Scotch and Irifh have alfo this found. 
