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VOICE AND SPEECH. 



b, V) z (in azure,) z (in puzzle), M, (in the), d, g (in gay), /, only 

 by the latter being accompanied with the vocal sound. 



Every sonant has its corresponding aspirate, though many of 

 the latter are unknown to the English language ; such are the 

 aspirates corresponding to the sonants r, m, n, ng (in song), &c. 



When forming the component parts of syllables, the aspirates, 

 as well as the sonants, are always articulated with sonant vowels. 

 An aspirate vowel, followed by its vocal enunciation, is always 

 represented by the character h, but it is never pronounced se- 

 parately, except in whispering. 



The consonants, like the vowels, are divided into orisonant and 

 narisonant. The only narisonant consonants in our language, are 

 those corresponding to the orisonant explosives b, d, and g (in 

 gay), viz. m, n, and ng (in song). By this mode of pronun- 

 ciation the sounds are rendered continuous. 



TABLE OF CONSONANTS. 



This table shows that, for all the consonants employed in the 

 English language, only ten positions of the mouth are required, 

 the modifications being effected by other means. Among the 

 modifications not already described, may be particularised the 

 reduplication of the 10th, llth, and 12th sounds; the first occa- 

 sioned by the vibratory motion of the lips, the others by that of 

 the tongue. 



