8 INTRODUCTION. [Ethnology 



J designates increased stress of articulation. 



! designates increased stress of articulation due to the 



elision of q. 



s is a very deep laryngeal intonation, due to the elision of q. 



fi, 4 designate excessive length of vowels, representing approx- 



imately the double and fourfold mora. 



Words ending with a short vowel must be contracted with the first 

 vowel of the next word. When a word ends with a long vowel and the 

 next begins with a vowel, a euphonic -y- is inserted. The last conso- 

 nant of a word is united with the first vowel of the next word to one 

 syllable. 



