120 APPENDIX. [sect. 



e, with acute accent, as in clerical, friend, lemon. Ex. 

 Seka to judge ; reka, to buy. 



/, softer than the English f ; like « in vat. 



g, guttural, as ch in loch (Scottice) dag (Dutch) - Greek 

 X. Ex. gana, to refuse; gapa, to "lift" cattle; goga, to 

 draw. There is no hard g in Sichuana. 



h, is always a Spiritus Asper, never forms / with p 

 as in English ; when joined to another consonant, the 

 latter is enunciated with a hard breathing only. Ex. 

 pkare, a cucumber = nrape ; thogo, a curse. 



i, as in diminish, or as English e in peep, or German 

 sieben. Ex. pit.se> a zebra; kika, a mortar; pino, a dance; 

 pico, an assembly. 



&, as in English, k in Greek. Ex. kapa, to catch with 

 the hands (Scottice kep). Kh is the k strongly aspirated, 

 as in khakala, far ; kopa, to beg ; khopa, to stumble. 



n, with circumflex over it, = Spanish », sounds as ing in 

 king, ring ; only in Sichuana it sometimes forms the initial 

 sound of words: man eo ? (mang eo), what is this? (comp. 

 man hoo in Hebrew) ; nonola, to deride ; napa, to pinch ; 

 nonorega, to grumble. 



t, soft, and th aspirated; soft as in tool, tin; when 

 written with h, as th, the breath is forcibly expelled from 

 the mouth, while the teeth are held in the position for say- 

 ing t. It is never sounded as 6 in Sichuana. Attention to 

 the aspirates is of vital importance in the correct enuncia- 

 tion of Sichuana. Ex. rata, to teach ; rulha, to beat or 

 thrash. 



ae, as English i, in high, lie. Ex. tsamaea (tsama, a 

 staff; ea go), go or travel; bolaea, to kill; apaea (apia), to 

 cook. 



oe, and tie, as wa in wait. Ex. cela (u-eyld), to fall 

 towards; netsa, to finish; ce and ue, as terminals, as que 

 in English, Ex. leshue, filthy ; senkhue, bread (singqae). 



is, as Hebrew tsaddai, ^. Ex. tsela, live, pour, or ford a 



