150 TRANSLITERATION OF MALAY, 
CONSONANTS. 
The following are the consonants used in writing Malay with 
the equivalents by which I propose to represent them in Roman 
letters :— 
Saeed ba cee eee b 
a @ eat 
sa oS ... §& * in Arabic th, pronounced 
as in thin. 
a jim ie sae | 
= cha Re joa Gln 
a ha ne Heel 
mall ee Oe heat, 
5) dal © Bl 
Sec iall she .... dh pronounced in Arabic like 
: th in this. 
i) Yra 369 ore Yr 
5) nay a a eReae 
usin, sim ee PLES 
eo Slee, Shui 6. wee ash 
ue sad Si, ka Sa 
ue dad oe ... ad |] Gn pronouncing this let- 
ter the tongue touches 
the back of the upper 
front teeth). 
b ta ~ RAE 
I Tey, 740) AN ot eae 
¢  ghrain ae one Chreir: 
* Only two words are in common usein Malay which commence with 
this fects namely the names of the second and ‘third days of the week. 
t+ is a strong guttural. It resembles the sound of ch, in the 
Qi 
Scotch word loch. 
£ UP : a strongly articulated palatal s, somewhat like ss in hiss. 
ice the true sound of this letter must be learnt by the ear. 
It is hee a strong d. 
** the power of this letter is that of z, pronounced with a 
hollow sound from the throat. 
++ ¢ 1s a hard guttural g. It somewhat resembles the sound of 
the Northumbrian r. 
