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\ 



3i4j 



JWr. Pickering on the Ortliograj^Tiy of ike 



N ; awi NY or NI. 



JVraay also retain its usual power, which 



was observed 



f jtf; 



the 



European languages gen 



* 



erally. 



J^y or ni may be wanted to express the sdund of gn in the 



u 



foreign words bagnio, seignior, and which we hear in our words 



2. &c. 



convenient, 



minion, whin y a 



the proper name Himya 



for 



The Spaniards, as is well known, have an appropriate letter 

 it in their alphabet, being an n with a mark over it, thus, n ; the 

 Portugueze denote it by nh, and the Italians by gn. But for 

 similar reasons to those mentioned in the case of the ly, I think 



we shall find ny more convenient in practice than either of these.f 



P. 



The letter P may have its usual power. 



This letter may be entirely dispensed 



place may 



be perfectly supplied by K. Some writers have used Q alone in 

 writing Tridian words to express the sound of qu or qw ; but Tew 



1 think, be far preferable in every point of 



If 



d in any I 



alphabet 



may be applied to 



designate some uncommon modification of 



usual sound 



and 



modification should be indicated by some mark afiixed to 



the letter 



See note f oa the preceding page. 



bee language. 



^y) 



