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'jjw u"ipwdgA^n^ pipe . 



hw A'hwdtcigA^n^ roasting-spit 



hy Jcekyd'nenA^mw'^ he holds it 



9y u'gjdn^ his mother 



'^1/ a^'kyan* lands 



cy me'HeguTnicjd'n^ oaks 



TTiy va.jd'w^ road 



ny njd'w'^ four 



Vy \>jd'w'^ he comes 



^py d''^ydtc'- when he comes 



The following true consonantic clusters occur: 

 sk m'sk' only 

 ck TUA'cicki'^w^ grass 

 stc tcistcd^'^ my stars! 



Diphthongs 



Not more than two vowels combine to form a diphthong. Stress 

 is stronger on the leading member, and movement of the voice is 

 downward from the first to the second vowel. 



ai like the diphthong in my, 1; Siiydm"' opossum 



Ai like the diphthong in turn with the r slurred; a^sAi skin 



ei like the diphthong in day, play; naheV now then ! 



di'^ like the diphthong in soil, hoy; mk'indhwa^w^"' he went at 



him 

 au like the diphthong in shout, hout; hau halloo! 

 ou like the diphthong in foe, toe; pydno'u come here! 



§ 5. Quantity 



Vowels vary in length, and in the analysis of sounds they have 

 their phonetic symbols indicating quantity. A vowel with the 

 macron (-) over it is long, as o, u, a, and I, and a vowel W^ithout the 

 sign is short. Some vowels are so short that they indicate nothing 

 more than a faint puiff of breath. The short, weak quantity is the 

 normal quantity of the final vowel, and for that reason is in superior 

 letter, as ", *'. Rhetorical emphasis can render almost any vowel 

 long — so long that the vowel-sound usually develops into a diph- 

 thong, as dgwe'i why, no, of course! (from d'gw'^ no). 



Change of quantity is often due to position. Long vowels are 

 likely to suffer loss of quantity at the beginning of long combinations: 

 nd"lc°' AGAIN becomes na'Tca in the phrase nxiTcatcdmegutdtA^gi again 



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