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Vocabulary of the Lepcha Language. 



[No. 100, 



69 kasum sa katui 



70 kasum sa kuttee 



71 kasum sa katup 



72 kasum sa neatup 



73 kasum sa sumtup 



74 kasum sa phuleetup 



75 kasum sa phongotup 



76 kasum sa trok tup 



77 kasum sa kucheoktup 



78 kasum sa ku kutup 



79 kasum sa kuteutup 



80 kaphuleet 



Lepcha Alphabet. 



Vowels. 

 The first is pronounced more like o than the English &. 

 The second is the Scotch a as in awa. The third is sounded as 

 written, with the accent on the final o. The fourth is the long e, 

 as initial of eclipse, or ee in peer. The fifth is the English o, as 

 in obey. The sixth is pronounced as the English word awe. 

 The seventh represents u, but its pronunciation is not so 

 labial, I cannot give the exact sound ; it is formed by a slightly 

 suppressed expedition. The eighth is the long u, as oo in pool. 

 The ninth is sounded as one word, yea. 



uh 



yeo 



awe 



eo 



oo 



yeh. 







Consonants. 







kuh 



ka 



keuh 



keo 



keeo 





guh 



ga 



geuh 



geo 



geeo 





buh 



ba 



beuh 



beo 



beeo 





muh 



ma 



meuh 



meo 



meeo 





puh 



pa 



peuh 



peo 



peeo 





fuh 



fa 



feuh 



feo 



feeo 





hu 



ha 



heuh 



heo 



heeo 





ruh 



ra 



reo, 



khuh 



kha 



kheo 



tuh 



ta 



teo, 



thu 



tha 



theo 



duh 



da 



deo, 



luh 



la 



leo 



kluh 



kla 



kleo, 



gluh 



gla 



gleo 



pluh 



pla 



pleo, 



phlu 



phla 



phleo 



bluh 



bla 



bleo, 



vo 



va 



veo 



mluh 



mla 



mleo, 



hluh 



hla 



hleo 



phuh 



pha 



pheo, 



nguh 



nga, 



chuh 



chfi, 



nuch 



nya, 



nuh 



na ; 



chzuh 



