I52 ALPHABETICAL SYSTEM OF THE 



the double letter is placed above, inftead of preced- 

 ing, the following letcer; as in the word sTihbuii* 



in. 



The figma of this nafal in the original is not de- 

 duced analogouflyj its powers as a fyllabic initial be- 

 ing that of the dental nafal, which found is altogether 

 excluded from this language as a final. 



um> un. 



The fir ft of thefe is the regular fymbol. Both 

 founds have but one type in the original, that as a 

 labial appearing to be reftricted to thofe inftances 

 where a labial follows ; as cumbup, n/mall eminence> or 

 riiing ground. The nafal is frequently reprefented by 

 a point above the letter. 



ain, ain> aim ; dih^ ain. 



The vowels of thofe nafals are in the fame proportion 

 as aity aich, pronounced without the acute accent and 

 abrupt termination by which they are reflectively dif- 

 tinguilhed. The obfcure nafal, -j- formed by a flight 

 inflection of the tongue towards the palate, with a 

 trifling aid from the other organ, and which is fo fre- 

 quently to be met with in Perfian and Hindi vocables, 

 is the found of the two firft; the purpofe of the third 

 being feemingly to take their place when a labial fol- 

 lows, as in the word caimp'hd> the earth.% It may be 



proper 



* See Plate I. d. 



i This nafal appears to hold a middle place between the dental 

 and guttural nafals confidered as finals ; with the lad of which it 

 has but one common type in the Sy/lem. 



t See Plate I. e ; where it may be ohferved, the double letter 

 has the one which fhoald follow it f.ibtended to it, and takes the 

 vowel with which it is inflected, the diflinguifhing mark us5.it 

 being fupprefTed; an abbreviation very common in the vowels 

 and nafal marks formed by double letters, particularly where the 

 double letter is the fame with that which immediately follows it. 



