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than between the last two. In other respects the Or- 

 dinary System of Punctuation remains unchanged 

 except by a few additions which need not be speci- 

 fied here. This endo-lexic (within the word) punc- 

 tuation is not rigorously prescribed ; but may be 

 employed somewhat ad libitum, according to the 

 views or purposes of the author ; as, in a preceding 

 paragraph sama,io employs the comma, but in hobo- 

 samaio it is dispensed with. (000.) 



156. The small raised letter n , used to denote the 

 Nasalization (97) is of a style of types called techni- 

 cally, among printers, " Superior ' letters or types. 

 A still more extended use is made, diacritically and 

 Alwali, of this variety of types, solving many of the 

 most difficult problems, met by Lepsius and others, 

 in the attempt to arrange a Romanized Ethnical or 

 International Alphabet. The "Superior" h is used 

 to express the slight Aspiration which accompanies 

 at times nearly every consonant in the Sanscritic 

 family of Languages, as k h , g h ,t h ,etc. The "Superior" 

 vowels are used to express " Glides ' or Indistinct 

 Yow T el-Sounds ; the " Superior ' y (or the cognate 

 vowel i) is used after a back or middle-mouth Con- 

 sonant, to soften it, and so to constitute what is 

 culled The Palatal Consonants, as Span. anJ'o, or au*o 

 (for ano, A YEAR), ITr. family or famiy (for famitte, 

 FAMILY), etc. The Sanscritic " Cerebrals," The Se- 

 mitic " Gutturalizations," the Zulu " Clucks," and 

 some other of the rare phenomena of speech are 

 provided for by Special notations, for which see 

 " The Universal Alphabet." 



