MAKAH VOCABULARY. 1 



[ In the Makah, as in all the languages of this part of the Western Coast, the It-tiers r,f, and v are wanting ; as 

 also lit, whether hard or soft. Mr. Swan has employed the r following tin- vowel a to indicate the Italian sound, 

 as in father, and after ai, &c., to represent the neuter vowel u, as in the KuglUh litil, and the Kreneh je. The letter 

 r in pronouncing English words is changed to 6 or IN. These last are convertible letters, as are also c/ and n. Tk, 

 when it (HTUrfl in the text or the vocabulary, is to be understood as an aspirated /, as in the French the O. G.] 



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