ATHAPASCAN LANGUAGES. 



67 



The New 



Methodical, Easy and Complete 

 DENE SYLLABARY. 



With A (E E I U 



A CE &c. <] > [> [> A V ^^0^^ 



H < > > > A V 



K < > > > A V 



R < > > > A V 



W < > > > A V 



Hw < > > ^ /f^ V 



TD(i)CDD3nU 

 Th a D D D Q O 

 T G D D D Q O 



PBCnaDBDfiU 



(1) 



KG, Kr E 3 3 3 m UU 



X, Kh a B B B QQ 00 



K, Kr a B B B DP CO 



N 



V 



(2) 



c J J) J) n u > - 



e. 3 3 ^ ^ U; c 



rn^/i A (E E I U 

 Q G^ fO 10 ^9 Q 5 



Q e/ y9 \9 y9 9 s 



^.YPLiiV/lTOijy NOTES. 



(1) These letters are not differentiated in Dene. (2) >^ is the nasal n. (3) 2 

 is the French y. (4) s is phonetically intermediate between $ and s. 



The vowels as in Italian, except ce, as the e in Fr. je, te. — The r of Kr, Kir 

 is hardly perceptible. ^I, }[ are very guttural. R is the result of uvular vibra- 

 tions. Kh, Th =k+h, t+h. Q almost = ty. /» is a peculiarly sibilant I. The 

 dot accompanying consonants represents the exploding sound (rendered by { in- 

 corporated in the signs). =■"' is prefixed to proper names, and o is suffixed to 

 syllables the vowel of which it is necessary tp .render long. The re§t as in Engl, 



