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The fimple nafal, founded by the teeth with a little 

 afiiftance from the noftrils, but not fo much as in many 

 French and Perjian words. Both this nafal and the 

 former occur in the name Ndrdyeha, or dwelling in 

 water. 



Next come the labials in the fame order; and firft 

 the hard labial pa, formed by a ftrong compreffion of 

 the lips, which fo ill fuits the configuration of an Ara- 

 bian mouth, that it cannot be articulated by an Arab 

 without much effort. 



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The proper afpirate of pa, as in the word JJiepherd ; 

 but often pronounced like our fa, as \x\ fela, infiead of 

 p'hela, fruit. In truth, the fa is a diitincl letter; and 

 our pha, which in EngliJJi is redundant, mould be ap- 

 propriated to the notation of this Indian labial. 



The [oft labial in Budd'ha, wife, and the fecond let- 

 ter in moft alphabets ufed by Europeans ; which begin 

 with a vowel, a labial, a palatine, and a lingual. It 

 ought ever to be diftinguifhed in Ndgariby atranfverfe 

 bar, though the copyilts often omit this ufeful dif- 

 tin&ion. 



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