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Capt. Temple — Panjabi Phonetics. 



[Aug., 



one was a heavy rude square coin, with the figure of a person standing on 

 the obv., and a wheel (?) on the reverse. The other was a narrow oblong 

 piece, ornamented with a ram's head. Both pieces bore rude inscriptions 

 of a similar character, which at first sight appeared to be Greek, though 

 they might be Pali. Neither General Cunningham nor any one else had 

 been able to decipher them. Of the two brass objects, one seemed to be 

 a seal, surmounted by a large-horned ram. 



The Philological Seceetaet read the following note on a point 

 of Panjabi Phonetics from Captain R. C. Temple, B. S. C. 



" Herewith a note, which if yon have not already received may be of 

 use to you. I had often noticed the facts stated therein, but thinking my 

 ear misled me I passed them over, but now I am convinced of their 

 accnracy. When aspirated sonants are final the aspirate is transposed 

 by Panjabis, thus : samahad = samadh : lahab = labh. This is an almost 

 invariable rule. Even when not final the transposition takes place, e. g. 

 sahamji = samjhi. It is never true of surds, e. g., they never say rahak = 

 rakh, or rahat = rath. 



" Instances of common words used in this way are — 



byahad = byadh 

 srahad = sradh 

 ahad = adh 

 lahab = labh 

 lohob = lobh 

 kaharwa = karhwa 

 baharna = barhna 

 pahar = parh 

 tehera = terha 

 saham'ne = samh'ne 

 krohod = krodh 



duhud = dudh 

 bihid = bidh 

 sahad = sadh 

 rahad = radK 

 meheg = megh 

 bohoj = bojh 

 sahamj = samjh 

 mahamj = mamjh 

 bahamj = bamjh 

 samahad = samadh 

 bahag = bagh 



It 



" The harmonic sequence of the vowels is notable in the above, 

 refers only to pronunciation, not to spelling. 



" Ao-ain when h is final, as it often is in Panjabi imperatives, the 

 vowel preceding is harmonically repeated in pronunciation, I believe in- 

 variably, e. g. : — 



snehe = sneh sohona = soh'na 



nehe = neh ehe = eh (yeh) 



aha = ah (ao) mihi = mih (rain) 



