ALPHABET. x i 



placed. as, ///':./, /<i/ni/, iml;/iro. Somelimes, however, it is used along with the 

 other marks, as in JJIU/H/H', in which the first syllable is emphasized, and the third is 

 pronounced long. 



The following is the alphabet, in the order which has been adopted for the vocabularies 

 contained in this volume. Ii consists of thirty-two letters, which, with the marks of 

 quantity, express thirty-nine elementary sounds. 



