408 THE TAGALESE ALPHABET. 



seems to be, with respect to the voweJs, the most 

 simple and the most imperfect. * 



* Vide the table of comparison of the characters of different 

 nations, by C. W. Buttner, 2d edition. Gottingen, 1779, 

 where the Tagalese occupies, on the five first tables, the 43d 

 column ; on the 6th, the 22d ; and on the 7th, the 21st. The 

 text which refers to it is wanting. 



'• r 's r \6 li^ i^ r^ 



Ba. Bi, be. Bii, bo. Ka. Ki, ke. Ku, ko, &c. 



