EXPLANATION. 



For the common words of the different Filipino dialects I 

 have adopted the orthography which in my various treatises on 

 those dialects I have demonstrated to be the easiest, most 

 rational and convenient. I should be inconsistent as to my 

 own theories and convictions if I continued to follow the old 

 form of spelling. For the benefit of those who are not familiar 

 with the matter I will state that the consonants are pronounced 

 as follows : 



g always as in get. 



h gutturalized aspirate. 



k as in English. 



w always as initial w in English, win, wan. 



g as ng in sing, hung, etc. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Bic. Bicol. Pan. Pangasinan. 



Eng. English. Sp. Spanish. 



Hoc. Ilocan. Sp.-Fil. Spanish-Filipino. 



Indo-Eng. Indo-English. Tag. Tagalog. 



Pam. Pampango. Vis. Yiscayan. 



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