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XII. 



Observations on the Alphabetical System 



OF THE 



Language of Aw a and Rac'hain.* 

 By Captain JOHN TOWERS, 



THE annexed Plate f is a Specimen of the Alpha- 

 bet of the Language of Awa and Rac'haih> 

 agreeably to the Arrangement adopted by the Braim- 

 mas and Maramas> or Natives of thofe Kingdoms. 



To avoid tedious and perplexing reference, it was 

 thought advifeable to place under each fymbol its 

 characleriftic reprefentative in Roman letters. In do- 

 ing this, more than common attention has been paid 

 to preferve the notation laid down in the elegant and 

 perfpicuous " Syftem and DifTertation on the Ortho- 

 graphy of Afiatick Words in Roman Letters," com- 

 mencing the Firft Volume of the Refearches of the 

 Society -, at leaft, as far as its typical arrangement 

 correfponded with the fyftem under difcufTion; and 

 where a variation rendered it necefTary, new combina- 

 tions or fymbols have been introduce^, and obferva- 

 tions fubjoined for their elucidation. 



The abecedary rules, as taught by the natives, are, 

 in their aggregate capacity, called Sahbuh, or, The 

 Syftem of Lnftruttion. They are claffed under three 



diftin^L 



* Ava and Aracan. + Plate I, 



