G INTRODUCTION TO TDK DICTIONARY. 



It is proper to state here that the ancient Modoc country on Lost River 

 and vicinity has a niihler climate than the settlements of the Klamath 

 Lake peojile on Upper Klamath Lake, and that on this account the former 

 country fields soni((what different and more abundant natural products 

 than the latter. 



LIST OF SOUNDS OCCURRING IN THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



a as m alarm, wash; Garman, Mann, hat; French, 2)as, gras, Jlanc. 



a longer sound of a, as in far, father, smart, tart; Grermau, schaden, 



lahm, Fahne. 

 t as in law, all, fall, tall, taught. 



a as in hat, man, fat, ass, slash. 



b as in blab, bold; German, beben; French, barbe. 



d as in dread, did; German, das, diirfen; French, de, darder. 



dsli as in judge, julep, George, dudgeon. 



e as in then, swell, met; German, schwebt; French, belle, selle. 



6 as in last syllable of preacher, butler, tippler; German, Biicher; 



French, le, je, me. 

 e as in they, fade, jade, shade; German, stehlen; French, chaire, 



maire. 

 g as in gig, gull; German, gross; French, gros, grand, orgueil. 



g lingual guttural produced by bending the tip of the tongue back- 



ward, resting it against the palate, and when in this positicm 



trying to pronounce g in gag, gamble, again. 

 h as in hag, haul, hoot; German, haben, Hals. Written sometimes 'h 



in the midst of words, 

 i as in marine; Gem\an, richten; French, ici, patrie. 



i longer sound of i, as in bee, glee, reef; German, spiegeln, Stiefel 



i as in still, rim, ivhim, split; German, finster, schlimm, Wille; when 



long, it is i in German ihn, schielen. 

 y as in year, yolk; German, Jahr; French, yeux; not used as a vowel. 



k as in Icick, kernel; German, Kamm, Kork; French, soc, coque, quand; 



Spanish, quedar, quizd. 



