402 A Grammar of the Cashmeeree Language. [No. 150. 



The language has besides the preceding, 

 The English e in let. 



o in hot. 



ae in aerie. 



au in cause. 



oa in oar. 



It has not the Arabic kh and gh, nor the q or k in quoit, the hickup 

 d,k, nor the hickup ^ and substitutes ph generally for/. 



The nasal dot answers to the qn, n in the French non, or expresses 

 the n in the following words, king, finch, flint, and the m in plump. 



There are three lit, the English final and Italian gl. 



Besides the usual h, there is the indication of one at the end of many 

 words which I have expressed by raising it above the line. Ex. lu h a fox, 

 su h a lion, tsu h thou ; zu h 2, besides the u full there is the French u of 

 recu, which I have rendered by u as dunga, a kind of boat, tunga, 

 a sob, suts, tailor. There is also another long vowel which I have ex- 

 pressed by aa, it has the sound of u or ea before an r, as in burn, earn. 



The Cashmeer z has often the sound of partaking of dz, the ds of 

 " sounds." 



It has not the Arabic th in think, and th in those. 



There is also another vowel between a and i, which might be ex- 

 pressed as d in kdnddr, bakery, mdts, earth, rats, better, ydts, more, 

 pydts, a kind of grass. 



Of the Diphthongs. 



In these consists the chief difficulty of speaking the language. 



1st. Diphthong of the short a and short i ( ai ), which might also be 

 expressed d or ai. 



Tait, a pony mare. Zait, old, tattered. 



Kair, a beam. Rait, taken, (f.) 



Zair, a deaf woman. Wait, rolled up, (f.) 



Bair, a crack in wood. Baid, a woman of rank. 



Mair, a hut. Gair, a pitcher. 



Nair, lower part of arm. Tssairr, empty, much. 



Air, well in health. Bhair, a she ass. 



Ais, we. Tair, chair, a chattering woman. 



Bait, a hob. Wair, a dried peas pudding. 



Jair, mounted as jewels. Pait, a small plank. 



Dair, a robust woman. Khait, concealed, (f.) 



Tsait, cut, (f.) Phait, drowned, (f.) 



