558 Colonel Harhiot on the Oriental Origin of the Gypseys. 



this character to distinguish it from the long yJ, a; to the former belongs the power of 

 the Arabic fatha, and the Sanskrit ^ ahar ; or the short e in the French words, ' le' 

 me, de.' 



Thus A, vel a, short, like e in ' me, Gallice;' or u in ' but;' or o in ' money, Anglice.' 

 J, a, long invariably. 



Of the Consonants. 



G is always hard, as in the Latin ' gravitas.' 



J is always like the soft English j in ' jasmine.' 



K is used, instead of c, for the third letter in the Englisli alphabet, from its always 



retaining the same sound. 

 Y is always a consonant, like the English y in ' your, yoke.' 



