BOAS] 
Ji 
KATHLAMET TEXTS 
the same, short and exploded, surd (Lepsius’s t). 
the same with very great stress of explosion. 
velar k. 
Enelish k. 
palatized k (Lepsius’s k’), almost ky. 
a posterior palatal k, between k and k-. 
ch in German Bach. 
xX pronounced at posterior border of hard palate. 
palatal x as German ich. 
are evidently the same sound, and might be written s* or 
e*, both being palatized; ¢ (English sh) is pronounced 
with open teeth, the tongue almost touching the palate 
immediately behind the alveoli; s is modified in the 
same manner. 
as in English, but surd and sonant are difficult to distin- 
guish. 
as in English. 
as in year. 
as in English. 
is pronounced with semiclosure of the nose and with 
very slight compression of the lips; it partakes, there- 
fore, of the character of b and w. 
is pronounced with semiclosure of the nose; it par- 
takes, therefore, of the character of d. 
designates increased stress of articulation. 
designate excessive length of vowels, representing 
approximately the double and fourfold mora. 
indicates a pause. 
Words ending with a short vowel are contracted with the first vowel 
of the next word. The last consonant of a word is united with the first 
vowel of the next word to one syllable. 
New York, November, 1895. 
