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7. Let us haste with, every speed, 



8. Oh my fairy -like young brother ! 



PART II. 

 Grammatical Notes on the Language. 



As the KJiyeng or Hiou language does not possess a series of letters by 

 which to express elementary sounds, the Soman alphabet will be used for 

 that purpose, and so far as it is applicable to this language the admirable 

 system of orthography adopted by Professor James Summers in his Hand- 

 book of the Chinese Language will be followed. 



The system of orthography adopted. 

 1. Vowels, simple and combined. 

 Form "Value of each. Short value. 



i t as i in police. hit. 



e e as a in fame ; a vafdhig (Germ.) ; e in meme 



(Fr.) let. 



a a as a in father. hat, 



a a as a in organ. hut, 



o 6 as o in no. not 



b as 6 in Lowe (Germ.) ; or oeu in soeur (Fr.) 



u u as u in rule. hull. 



u u as u in lune (Fr.) ; u in Millie (Germ.) eu in peutetre (Fr.) 

 ie ie as ie in pied (Fr.) ; yea (Eng.) ye in yesterday, 



ia id as ia in lia, plia (Fr.) ; ja (Germ.) yd in Yankee. 



io io as io in million (Fr.). yd in yacht, 



iu mas eio in hew, yew. ju in juchhe (Germ.) 



ei as ei in sein (Germ,) ; ie in pie (Eng.), or ei in height, 



ai as ai in aisle. 



au as ow in cow. 

 oi as o^ in voice, 



ui as m in nww. 



2. The Consonants, single and combined. 

 b as in English. 



ch as cA in hatch. 



d as in English ; d pronounced by bending the tongue as far back 



as possible. 

 g as g in good ; never g as in gin. 



h as h in heart ; before i and u a strong aspirate, nearly sh. 



k as & in /h'»y. 



