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The following is an account of.thofe letters that, 

 in their powers, differ from fimilar ones in the ^ 

 Englifli language : 



A has only the found of our open a in the word bard : as cajlell, 

 a caftle. 



C, invariably, is hard, as the Englifli /■.• l\\\\^ cader, a fort, is 

 pronounced leader. C joined with w, and having a vowel 

 fucceeding, fupph'cs the place of our CHi. 



Ch (marked 9 in Mr. Owen's Welili DifLionary) is a guttural, 

 of the fame power as the Greek %. 



Dd, ox, as it is fometimes written, dh^ is an afpirated d. It has 

 nearly the found of th in the word this : dda, good, is pro- 

 nounced tha. 



F has the found of our i>.' xSxwi fclen., yellow, is pronounced - 

 'velen. 



Ff fupplies the place of oi:r fingley. 



G is invariably hard, as the g in gain. 



I has the fame found as it has in the Italian language, off;?, as la 

 our woxA feen : thus cUj a retreat, is pronounced heel. 



L.1 is an afpirated /, having much the found o^ thi : thus llan, a 

 church or village, is pronounced much like thlan. 



R, when it begins a word, is always afpirated. 



U has the found of / in the word fm : ihus pump, five, is pro- 

 nounced ^/w^. 



W is a vowel, and has the power of our 00 in foori : thus rhiitff 

 an afcent, is pronounced rhioo, 



y, in fome words, has the found of the Englifh i in fin: thus 

 Jfynnon, a well, is pronounced Jiiinon. It has alfo fometimes 

 the found of in the word honey; and fometimes of « in 

 rnud. 



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