DAKOTA GRAMMAR. 



PART FIRST. 



ORTHOGRAPHY. 

 LETTERS AND THEIR CHANGES. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE ALPHABET. 

 VOWELS. 



§ 1. The vowels are five in number, and have each one uniform sound, except 

 when followed by the nasal 'q,' which somewhat modifies them. 



a, has the sound of EngHsh a in father. 



e, has the sound of English e in they, or of a in face. 



i, has the sound of i in marine, or of e in me. 



o, has the sound of English o in go, note. 



u, has the sound of English u in rule, or of oo in food. 



CONSONANTS. 



§ 2. The consonants are twenty-four in number, exclusive of the sound repre- 

 sented by the apostrophe ('). 



b, has its common English sound. 



6, is an aspirate with the sound of EngUsh ch, as in chin. This was formerly 

 represented by c simply. 



i, is an emphatic 6. It is formed by pronouncing ' 6 ' with a strong pressure 

 of the organs, followed by a sudden expulsion of the breath. 



d, has the common English sound. 



g, has the sound of ^ hard, as in go. 



g, represents a deep sonant guttural resembling the Arabic ghain (^). 

 Formerly represented by g simply. 



h, has the sound of h in EngUsh. *" 



h, represents a strong surd guttural resembling the Arabic kha (^). For- 

 merly represented by r. 



k, has the same sound as in English. 



