212 GRAMMAR OF 1111, liLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



PRONUNCIATION OF THE SOUNDS. 



My scientific alphabet is basicd on the orif/inal pronuuciatidii of the 

 letters, which is still in use in some countries of the Kuropean continent. 

 The English pronunciation of the letters is entirely unfitted for transcrib- 

 ing unwiitten languages, and readers of this volume will have to discard it 

 and adopt the value of the alpliabetic signs as given below. The conso- 

 nant \ had to be placed after the vowel i, its usual position in the conti- 

 nental alphabets. 



a as in (ihuiii, ivasli ; German Schwanioi, Tatze; French _//a//c, saiaj. 



a, longer sound of a, as in smart, tart; German Krahn, Schvan; 



French saae. 

 t as in fall, tall, taught. 



a as in chat, fat, slash; French pin, saint. 



b as in blab, bulk; German bald ; French beau. 



d as in did, do ; German dass ; French dieu. 



dsh as in jealous, jtinJc, George. 



e as in met, sell, tell ; German erst, es; French selle. 



6 as in last S3'llable of lodger, bungler ; of German dieser, Manner; 



French ce, que. 

 e longer sound of e, as in fade, main, trail; German Specr, Wehr ; 



French frcle, maire. 

 g as in gig, gore; Germ-Aii gelb ; French ^'roi- ; never has tiie palatal 



.sound of dsh. 

 g pionnnciation given on p. 209. 



h as in house, hul ; German hoffen ; never used as a silent letter. 



i as in marine; French abri, ici; Italian lido; Spanish gridar. 



I longer sound of e, as in fee, stream, sleep; German hiechen, siech. 



i deep, as in Jit, grit, mitten; German rinnen, Sinn; when long, it is 



i in German ihn, Siegel. 

 Y as in yoke, begond ; German Jahr, jucbn : French geux; Spanish 



ayudar, gerno. Used as a coiisoiiant oiilv. 



