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The symbols designate the same sounds as those in Chukchee. 



/ almost like a diphthong ?V, long; a glide from long i to long o. 

 e like English a in make^ lo^g^ lips wide apart, corners of mouth 



much retracted. 

 E French eu in lyenrre. 

 6 German o in offnen. 



u French u in lune^ but harder; more like the Yakut y. 

 6 English short o in not. 

 u English u in hut. 

 ■u as in Chukchee. 



", ", " indicate the resonance of the respective vowels; for instance, 

 in IcItxH Tcoju'i^n. 



Unusual length and shortness are expressed by the macron and 

 breve respectively. 



§ 20, Consonants 



w, y, h 



f is rather rare; for instance, vaflit a fish of the genus Coregonus. 



X German ch in Bach. 



X' German ch in ich. 



j French ; in jour^ but with a weak preceding trill, somewhat like 



Polish rz in rzeka. 

 z sonant 6', as in French rose. 

 I as in Koryak. 

 ^y, y, always consonantic. 

 % ', glottal stops, the former only after short vowels, the latter 



after consonants, as in vi'Vvil. 

 r, 6\ n'\ are pronounced with strong initial aspiration. 

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