1 16 Additional Notes. 



country as a part of language, and has therefore obtained no character, 

 but is analogous to the R and L; it is also possible, that another ori- 

 sonant letter may be formed by the back part of the tongue and back 

 part of the palate, as in pronouncing H and Ch, which may perhaps 

 be the Welch LI in Lloyd, Lluellin. 



Four pairs of Vowels. 



A pronounced like au, as in the word call. If the aperture, made 

 by approximating the back part of the tongue to the uvula and pen- 

 dulous curtain of the palate, as in forming the sibilant letter H, and 

 the sonisibilant letter Ch Spanish, be enlarged just so much as to 

 prevent sibilancy; and a continued sound produced by the larynx be 

 modulated in passing through it; the letter A is formed, as in ball, 

 wall, which is sounded like aw in the word awkward ; and is the most 

 usual sound of the letter A in foreign languages; and to distinguish 

 it from the succeeding A might be called A micron; as the aperture 

 of the fauces, where it is produced, is less than in the next A. 



A pronounced like ah, as in the word hazard. If the aperture 

 of the fauces above described, between the back part of the tongue 

 and the back part of the palate, be enlarged as much as convenient, 

 and a continued sound, produced in the larynx, be modulated in- 

 passing through it; the letter A is formed, as in animal, army, and 

 ought to have an appropriated character in our language, as thus y. 

 As this letter A is formed by a larger aperture than the former one- r 

 it may be called A mega. 



A pronounced as in the words cake, ale. If the retracted tongue 

 by approximation to the middle part of the palate, as in forming the 

 letters R, Ga, NG, Sh> J French, L, leaves an aperture just so large as 

 to prevent sibilancy, and sonorous air from the larynx be modulated 

 in passing through it; the letter A is produced, as pronounced in the 

 words whale, sale, and ought to have an appropriated character in 

 our language, as thus ^; this is expressed by the letter E in some 

 modern languages, and might be termed E micron; as it is formed by 

 a less aperture of the mouth than the succeeding E. 



E pronounced like the vowel a, when short, as in the words 



