ANALYTIC ORTHOGRAPHY. 381 
599. A x o d b c d 
E g B 3 t G h 
1 U el” a ] m mh n If 
fo) Perret CA Prists: Wskty> domaine it 
u U ae OLA v i 
COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH. 
600. The following example is transliterated from one given by Ellis, (Essentials, p. 104,) 
being his translation of a passage from Pott’s Etymologic Researches, and printed here 
without any perversion of the powers of the Latin alphabet. 
601. For convenience of printing in this version we use J for the more anterior j, v for 
a, r undotted (§ 501,) U for U, and j, v, for the coalescents; and although J, ], are identic, 
J is preferred in certain positions when printed, to increase the distinctness. 
602. 
The written and printed representation of the sounds oof language by means 
av rutn ond printed repvtzentéron ob ae sAvnds of Ixfevtdy bAj mine 
of characters which are insufficient both in kind and number, and which must therefore 
ob cx voctva, “vvir ar wmsvftront, bdr mm cajnd ond ne’mbv, end vvute mest aevfor 
be combined or modified if we would give a graphical symbolisation of 
br cembajnd oy [§ 403, 7, 8,] modofajd if vi vud Gu v Gvaficl stmbi tweron ob 
the phonetic elements with only some degree of exactness and convenience, has been, from 
ae fonetic dloments via onlt sem dicvi of eGeactnes ond cenbinsons, haz bin, fvem 
et 
all time, for nations as well as individuals, linguistical students not 
ol tajm,foyy néron? 0? vel 0? wndexztdsuel? [imdenidjal] Iv/evisticl stsvdnts nodt 
excepted, one of the most necessary and one of the most difficult of problems, and _ has 
ecsépted, ven oE aemost nésasovt ond ven ok ae most dificolt oz prdblems, ond has 
consequently scarcely ever been happily solved. Let this teach us that the invention 
ednstevoently sce’pslu ehy bin hapolt salud. let ats tite es avt ae mEenron 
of writing, the greatest and most important invention which the human mind has 
ae rajtir, ae Gvetest n most mpa“ytnt mnzénren v vite av Juv mon majnd [mend] haz 
ever made, and which, as it indeed almost exceeds its strength, has heen often 
éev med, ond ’vvitr, x2 1b tmdid almost ecsid tts strep? [stren?7?] haz bin o°fn 
and not unjustly attributed to the gods; like the organism of a state, at once 
[ofn] ond not endye'stlt atv bsotod te ae cn-ds; laje ae dyGentzmoz ev stét, at vens 
simple and complex, is not the work of individuals but of centuries perhaps of 
svmpl on cdmplecs,12 ndt De vere of indoktdsual? bet ob sént’yyeris povhaps ob 
thousands of years. 
TA‘vands ok Jipe. 
