PHONOLOGY. 



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Nasah. In many of the nasalized mutes mentioned in the table above, 

 the nasalization is often scarcely audible; cf. Alternation of Sounds. The 

 ny or Spanish fl is so seldom heard, and only resulting from alternation 

 with other sounds, that I have preferred not to burden the alphabet with a 

 separate type fi. With initial mutes nasalizing is observed extensively, but 

 in certain words only; piika to roast may be pronounced mbuka, tulshna to 

 rnn through, ntulshna, tchc'tch harl\ ndshcdsh; pdta clieeh is also pronounced 

 mpata, but p4ta summer is always pronounced in the same manner, and 

 ndani three is never pronounced ddni, tanni. Vu- and the vowel u- can be 

 supplanted in a few terms by a nasal, if standing before a mute: uba-ush 

 skin: mbd-ush; uduyua, vudiiyua to heat, nduyua. 



An instance of a medial mute becoming nasalized is sankd-a for saka-a 

 to he raw. 



PHONETIC TABLE. 



The following classification of the vocalic and consonantic sounds 

 occurring in Klamath, tabulated after the quality of their tone and the 

 organs producing them, will largely facilitate the comprehension of the 

 numerous phonetic figures, contractions, and alternating processes to be 

 described hereafter. For the classification of the vocalic sounds, see: 

 Vowels and Diphthongs. 



