THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE I39 



KEY TO PHONIC SYSTEM 



a as in father, bar; Germ, haben 



a the same sound prolonged 



a as in what; Germ, man 



a as in hat, man, ran 



ai as in aisle, as i in mine, bind; Germ. Hain 



au as ou in out, as ow in how; Germ. Haus 



c as sh in shall; Germ, sch in schellen; cio-sho as in show 



d pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the upper teeth 



e as e in they, as a in may; Fr. ne 



e as in met, get, then; Germ, denn; Fr. sienne 



g as in gig; Germ, geben; Fr. gout 



h as in has, he; Germ, haben 



i as in pique, machine ; ie as ye in English yea 



I the same sound prolonged io as yo in you 



1 as in pick, pit 



j as in judge 



k as in kick, kin 



n as in no, nun, not 



n as ng in ring, sing 



o as in note, boat 



q as ch in Germ, ich 



s as in see, sat 



t pronounced with the tip of the tongue on the upper teeth 



u as in rule; Germ, du; Fr. ou in doux 



u as in rut, shut 



w as in wit, win 



y as in yes, yet 



dj as j in judge 



tc as ch in church; tci-chee as in cheese 



n marks nasalized vowels as a n , e n , e n , o n , a n , ai n , etc. 



indicates an aspiration or soft emission of the breadth which is 

 initial or final, thus 'h, e n ', o', etc. 



marks a sudden closure of the glottis preceding or following 

 a sound, thus 'a, o', a', a', etc. 



marks the accented syllable of a word 

 t and h in this system are always pronounced separately 



