68 Mr. Morgan s Account of the Aiuakosae, 



sonant is sometimes sounded williout a vowel, as ni'sa for musa, 

 ni'jia for mine ) 



N has the two sounds which it obt.iins in English ; the one as 

 in man, can ; the other has the ringing sound like ng, as in 

 rank, sink. The hitter sound occurs only when n is followed 

 hy g or k of tlie succeeding syllable : k of the compound 

 sound khl is excepted. (The ringing sound of n is always 

 heard though not written at the end of a word, when the fol- 

 lowing one beg ns with g, '/.euziwa [i\\ guye.) 



P is uniform in its sound ; as put pull. Pupa, pipa, ipapu, 

 inipepo. 



S has always the common hissing souud : Sn&a, kusasa, um- 

 sesane, iscla. 



T has its usual sound, as tell, tube. Tela, tutu, umteto, 

 (uta, umtati, nmtata. 



V lias one uniform sound, as van, vast, valve, Vula, isivivi, 

 Jmvo, uvutuvutu. 



W has an invariable sound, fjs winter, Aveather. Wena, 

 iwawa, wowa, warn. 



Y has always the sound of y, in ye, yes. Yiya, yam, iqiyi^, 

 yeka. 



(a and o; when they, precede y, seem to have the diphthon- 

 gal sounds ai and oi ; but this is in consequence only of their 

 conjunction with that consonant.) 



Z has an uniform sound, as zeal, zone. Zuza, umzuzu, 

 izenzo. 



3rd. Of the Klicks and Gutferal. — These, though appointed 

 to denote certain sounds of the languaae, rank as consosants. 



C denotes the semidental klick. This klick is produced by 

 withdrawing the tongue from a gentle ))ressure of that organ ou 

 the upper incisor teeth and the palate: — Cuca, isicici, isicoco, 

 icacadu. (The sounds which this letter obtains in English, are 

 in Caffrarian represented by k or s.) 



Q denotes the palatial klick. This klick is produced by 

 withdrawing the tongue inward and downward from a considera- 

 ble degree of pressure on the palate by that . organ : — Qaqa, 

 iqoqa, uqaqaqa, uqoqoqo, quqa, nraququ. (The sound of this 

 letter in other languages, is in Caffrarian represented by k.) 



X denotes the linqual klick. This klick is produced in the 

 right side of the mouth by a gentle motion of the edge of the 

 tongue, somewhat analagous to the klickiug of some persons 

 ■when wishing a horse to bestir himself: — Xoxa, isi.xaxa, xoma, 

 umxoxozi, umxosa, xela. (The sound which this letter usually 

 represents is not in Caffrarian. 



B denotes the hard gutteral. This sound is formed at the 

 back part of the m'-nitli, and sccmnigly by a forcible expression 



