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APPENDIX. 



I. 



Comparative Vocabulary of the Manipoorie, Oacharee, Thadon, 

 ^Lroong, Gndmie, Bet eh, and Meekir languages. 



Orthography. 



The following rules are maintained throughout the vocabulary :— 



Vowels. 

 a pronounced like a in father. a pronounced like a in man. 



e 



e in there. 



e 



e in men. 



i 



i in police . 



i 



i in pin. 



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o in note. 



o 



o in not. 



u 



u in pull. 



u 



u in fun. 



00 



oo in moon. 







Consonants 

 have the same sounds as in English with the following restrictions ; 

 g is always a hard sound. h is always aspirated. 



j is much softer than in Eng. n is nasal when overlined. 

 a is never sounded like z. w and v are never used as 



vowels, 

 ph is never pronounced like f. gh and kh are like the Per- 

 sian Ghain and Khe. 

 sh as in shine. th always like those letters in 



hothouse. 

 ng pronounced like ng in gn an indescribable nasal sound. 



singing. 

 c is never used by itself, but in combination with h to express 

 the sound of ch in " Church." 



Diphthongs. 



3d pronounced like "Aye." ai pronounced like ai in aisle, 



ao has the full sound of both au has the full sound of both 



letters. letters, 



ei pronounced like i in "mite." ii pronounced like ei in " being." 



oi ditto oi in " oil." vi almost like " we." 



eu as eau in beautiful, ou as ou in bounty. 



