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REPORT — 1892. 



The consonantal sounds of the Kootenay are : — 



d, t, as in English. Often pronounced, however, more forcibly as f, d\ 



g, Jt, as in English. Often pronounced, however, more forcibly as g\ k'. 



{)■, k-, very guttural g and k, written by some authorities gr and kr. Uttered more 

 forcibly as g-\ k-\ 



gy, ky ; q, German eft. in Bach; a approximately the same sound, but slightly less 

 guttural; h, German oh in ich ; h as in English; y as in English; j' (uttered 

 more forcibly as y), wt, w / n; s as in English; c = English sh ; ts; ^c= English c/t 

 inehurch; 4; = English J ; <Z, explosive Z, <^i (dorso-apical) ; I. 



The chief consonantal equivalents are : — 



q = Q = n = h ; ts = tc = s = c; 

 tl = dl; d-t ; g'=g; k- = k. 



The Kootenays can pronounce some of the letters which are not in their own 

 language. The following lists, the one of French proper names bestowed on the 

 Kootenays and their phonology as given by them, the other of English words, which 

 the writer had the Indians pronounce after him time and time again in order to be 

 sure of the phonetics, may be of some value : — 



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