Language Through Nature 



A PRONOUNCING INDEX 



The diacritical markings in this list agree with the latest edition 

 of Webster's International Dictionary. 



adobe (a do' b&) 

 Alkan-iLevy 



(SI ka"n'-le vy) 

 Arachne (a rak' ne) 

 artificial(artifTsh'al) 

 Athena (a the' na) 

 Aurora (aw ro" ra) 

 be g?.elle' 

 bevies (beV Iz) 

 Bjornson, Bjornst- 

 jerne Martinius 

 (byfirn' son, bygrn'- 

 sheYng mar tin 'ids) 

 Bologna (bo Ion 'y a) 

 Bonheur, Rosa 



(bo uur') 



Boughton (bo' ton) 

 brawny (bran' y) 

 Brnzzi (brii'tst) 

 Buonarroti, Mich- 

 ael Aiigelo 



(boo V nar rot' ee, 

 ml' ka el an' ja lo) 

 Carrara (kar rii'Va) 

 chanticleer 



(ch&n' tl kler') 

 Cheeinauii (che" man) 

 Cherbourg- (sheY burg) 

 Corot, Jean Bap- 

 tiste Caiiiille 

 (ko ro', zhon ba test) 

 Dagnan-Bouveret, 

 Pascal Adolphe 

 (dan' yoN'-boo' v6h ra', 

 pas' kal x a dalf ) 



Daubigny, Charles 



Fraiicois(dobenyr, 

 sharlz fron' swii') 



eclipse (e klips') 

 excavated 



(6ks r ka va' t6d) 

 Geezis (ge' zTz) 

 gentian (J6n' shan) 

 Oitche Gruinee 



(git che gu' me) 

 harpsichord 



(harp si kord) 

 Hiawatha 



(he a wa' tha) 

 Hyacinth (hi' a si nth) 

 Ja' nus 

 Ka' be yuii 

 Ka bib o iiok' ka 

 luscious (lush' us) 

 Matterhorn 



(mat' ter h6rn) 

 Mauve, Anton 



(mov, an' toN r ) 

 me mo' rl am 

 Mi' das 



Millet, Jean Fran- 

 cois (me ya', zhon 

 fron' swa') 

 Mm ne ha' ha 

 Mish'e-Mow'ka 

 Mon da' mill 

 Mudjekeewis 



(mud je ke' wts) 



Nar els' sus 

 Navajo (na vii ho) 

 No ko' mis 

 Norwegian 



(nor we jT an 

 Olympus (o lim' pus) 

 ooz' ing 



Opechee (o pe' chee) 

 Owaissa (o wa/s sa) 



poising (poiz' ing) 



Reni, Guido 



(ra ue, gwe' do) 

 rhythmic (rlth mik) 



Sell 'la 

 sedges (s6j' 6z) 

 Shaw < w )ii da' see 

 Shelley, Percy 



Bysshe (shel i, bish) 

 Sis' tine 

 Sveiid' sen, Sveiid 



Taara(ta' ra) 

 Taquameiiaw 



(til' kwa me' na) 

 treach' er ous 

 Troy on, Constant 



(trwii' yrtx') 

 Va nem' u iiie (en) 

 va' ri e ga ted 

 Vulcan (vul' kSn) 

 Wa bas' so 

 \Va' bun 

 Zogel (zer' gel) 



u - as in rude 

 5* as in pit'5 r 

 oo - as in soon 



N represents the French 

 nasal sound as in en- 

 semble (ax' siix' b'l). 

 Silent letters are 

 italicized. 



