SIOUAN ALPHABET. 



[This Ls given to explain the pronunciation of tho Indian words in the following papei I 



a, as in father. 



•a. an initially exploded a. 



a, as in what. 



•a. an initially exploded a. 



a, as in Imr. 



c, as sh in she. See s. 



n, a medial sh, a sonant-surd. 



c (Dakota letter), as ch in church. 



r. as th in f/;/». 



5, a medial 5, sonant-surd. 



f, as /A in Me. 

 e, as in they. 



'e, an initially exploded e. 



8, as in get. 



'8, an initially exploded 6. 



g. as in go. 



g (in Dakota), #/t. See x. 



li (in Dakota), kh, etc. See q. 



i, as in machine. 



'i, an initially exploded i. 



i, as in pin. 



\, as z in azure, or as j in French 



Jacques. 

 5[, a medial k, a sonant-surd. 

 k', an exploded k. 

 ii, as ng in s ;'»//. 

 hn, its initial sound is expelled 



from the nostrils, and is scarcely 



heard. 



o, as in no. 



'o, an initially exploded o. 



d, a medial b (or p), a sonant-surd. 



p', an exploded p. 



q, as German ch in ach. See Ii. 



s, a medial s (or z), a sonant-surd. 



s (in Dakota), as sh in she. See c. 



;, a medial t, a sonant-surd. 



t', an exploded t. 



u, as 00 iu tool. 



'11, an initially exploded u. 



ii, as 00 in foot. 



a, a sound between o and 11. 



ii, as in German liihl. 



x, gh, or nearly the Arabic ghain. 



See g. 

 dj, as j in judge. 

 tc, as ch iu church. See c. 

 tc', an exploded tc. 

 }o, a medial tc, a sonant surd, 

 qs, a medial ts, a souant-surd. 

 ts', an exploded ts. 

 z (in Dakota), as z in azure, etc. 



See j. 

 ai, as in aisle. 

 au, as ow in cow. 

 vu, as » iu tune. 



The following have the ordinary English sounds: b, d, h, k, 1, 111, u, 

 p, r, s, t, w, y, and z. A superior n (") after a vowel nasalizes it. A 

 plus sign (+) after any letter prolongs it. 



With the exception of the live letters taken from liiggs' Dakota Dic- 

 tionary, and used only in the Dakota words in this paper, the above 

 letters belong to the alphabet adopted by the Bureau of Ethnology. 



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