GIBBS' PHONETIC ALPHABET. 423 



j as in English judge. 



k as in English kick. 



1 as in English lull. 



m as in English mimic. 



n as in English noon. 



p as in English pipe. 



q not to be used : for qu write kw 



r as in English rear. 



s as in English sauce. 



t as in English tight. 



v as in English vow. 



w as in English wayward. 



x not to be used : write ks or gz, according to the sound, in wax, example. 



y as in English you, year. 



z as in English zeal, buzz. 



n as ng in English singing. 



sh as in English shall, shoe. 



zh as z in azure, s in fusion. 



ch as in English church. 



th as in English thin, truth. 



dh as th in the, with. 



kh a surd guttural aspirate, the German ch in ach, Loch, Buch, and some- 

 times approaching that in ich, recht, Bucher. 



gh a sonant guttural aspirate (Arabic ghain) ; other compounds, like the 

 clucks occurring in Chinook, &c, to be represented by kl, ikl, tlk, 

 &c, according to their analysis. 



