10 mTRODtrCTION TO THE TEXTS. 



LIST OF SOUNDS OCCURRING IN TOE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



a as in alarm, wash; German, Mann, hat; French, pas, gras, flanc. 



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



lahm, Fahne. 



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



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



b as in hlah, hold; German, beben; French, barbe. 



d as in dread, did; Gennan, das, durfeu; French, de, darder. 



dsh 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, orgiieil. 



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



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

 trying to pronounce g in gag, gamble, again. 



h as in hag, haul, hoot; German, haben, Hals 



i us in marine; German, richten ; French, ici, patrie. 



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



i as in still, rim, whim., split; Gei-man, finster, schlimm, Wille; when 



long, it is i in German iJm, schielen. 



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



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



Spanish, quedar, quizd. 



k lingual guttural produced like g by bending the tip of the tongue 



backward, holding it against the palate, and then trying to 

 pronounce k, c, in kindness, killing, cool, craft. The tongue must 

 be placed more firmly against the fore portion of the palate 

 than in the g, in order to allow less breath to escape. 



X the aspirate guttural in lachen, trachten, Bachen, Sache, as pronounced 



in Southern Germany; not occurring in EngUsh, French, or 

 Italian; Spanish, mujer, dejar ; Scotch, loch. It has nothing in 

 common with the English x. 



