222 (. COMPARATIVE YOCADULARY OF THE 



thought it the fafeft method to exprefs the found 

 merely. The. following icheme of vowels, in order to 

 read my vocabulary -correctly, mult be kept in mind : 



A — pronounce as m the }ungl\fh words bad, feat, 

 had, hat. ... 



Aw — or.brob<! Scotch a, as in bawd. 



Ay — as the ffrngUjh a, in babe, bake, bare ; day, 

 pay, hay, • 



Ee — in order to a\o;d oonfuiion, I ufe for the En- 



$ e ; as fchgy (*avq exadtly the lame found. 

 — I uie for the French and Scotch e open. 



XI — I always found as in the word duck; ufin£ oo 

 foi Its other Jorauk as in book. 



On — I found as in found, bound. 



Au — is nearly fimilar, but broader, a ibund fearcely 

 to be met with in the Englijh language. 



Ei — I ufe as the vowel in bind, find, &c. 



Ai — nearly the fame"! t»i r + / •' i r 



. J I 1 hole two founds, as far 



out brooder ^ g j remcmber are not ufed 



Oe — 1 ufe to to cxpreis ; , .* 7 . vn 

 „ , '-' J by the hngli/k. 



the French u- J ; * J 



. to be I he pronunciation, among 



ailtbcict: ' appears ekceedingly in- 



articulate. In particular 1 they hardly ever pronounce 

 letter it ; and r, r>, th, s, and z, are almoft ufed 

 indiferitninate.lv. The fame may be laid of p and b. 

 US the word -for wan the Burma s nniverfally 



nounce yoe^ is written rac ; and the Palll name for 

 jiniurapfjom. amonly pronounced 



f j pooya* This indiitincr. pronunciation probably 

 a fifes from the exceffive quantity of betel, which they 

 w. No man of rank ever fpeaks without his mouth 

 \'S as full as pofiible of a mixture of betel and .nut, 

 tobacco, quicklime, and fpices. In this ftate he is 

 nearly deprived of the ufe of his tongue in articulation, 



which, 



