ALPHABETIC NOTATION. 1 1 



I as in lull, loon, lot; Geiinan, Lilie ; French, lance. 

 m as in madam, mill, mimic, mum; German, Memme. 

 mb as in ramble, gamble, nimble. 



mp as in sample, thumping. 



n as in nun, net, noose; Gennan, nein; French, nuire. 



ng as in ring, bang, singing; German, singen, Jiangen. 



nk as in pranli, rinh, spunk; German, Schwank; French, cinquante. 



nk a combination of n with k. 



n/ a combination of n with %. 



o as in home, lonely, most; German, Molken; French, sotte. 



o longer sound of o, as in note, rope; German, Floh, Boot, roth; 



French, sauter. 

 6 as in bird, burn, surd; German, Node, Bonier; French, deuil, cosur. 



p as in pipe, papa ; German, Pttppe; French, pied. 



s as in sad, sale, soul, smell; German, Seele, Sichel; French, sauce, 



seul. 

 sh as in shaft, shingle; German, Schale, schon; French, chercher. 

 t as in trot, tell, tiptop; German, Tafel; French, tour. 



tch as in church, chaff, choice; German, hdtschehi; Italian, cicerone; 



Spanish, chaparral, chicha. 

 u as in smooth, truth; German, Fuss; French, loup, poutre, outrage. 



u longer sound of u, as in crude, flume, fool; German, Stuhl, Buhr, 



Blume; French, lourd, sourd. 



II as in full, pull; German, Flucht, Kluft, Bussland; Italian, lungo. 

 ii not in English; German, Iciihl, Gefiihl; French, lune, puce. 



V as in valve, veer, vestige; German, Wolke, Wasser, tveben; French, 



vautour, veut. 

 w the u before vowels; water, waste, wolf, wish, wayward; in GeiTDan 



it corresponds nearest to short ti, not to w; nearly as French 

 ou in oui, ouate. 

 z as in zeal, zone, frozen; German, Hase; French, zele, rose. 



The English x is rendered by gs or ks, the German ^ by ds or ts, all 

 being compound articulations. The two points on a, o, u (a, o, ii) are 

 not signs of diaeresis ; they mark softened vowels. 



