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found in several languages of the Philippine group of languages, 

 notably in Tagalog. So the words jngkfio (chin), sntao (tail), 

 ' mpai (salt), subai (to boil, esp. vegetables), poi (to burn), ' ntoi 

 (big, great), sui (alive), kui (head), are pronounced as jrgkaw 

 (or (jrgkav), sritaw (or sntav), ? mpay, subay, poy ntoy, suy, kuy, 

 w (resp. v) and y having always the semi-vocalic, semi-conso- 

 nantic value. 



Another peculiarity is found in the pronunciation of final n, 

 which sounds as something between n and d. Even Malay words 

 are pronounced in this way, the word pirggan (plate) sounding 

 very much like pirgad. No character being available, I shall 

 express this sound by n(d), as in chelon(d), after. 



No further remark need be made regarding the pronuncia- 

 tion of the other consonants, I will merely remind my readers 

 that kh and th have the real aspirate sound not found in English, 

 but approximately produced in combinations as the following, 

 when pronounced rapidly : ink-horn, ant-hill etc., certainly not 



as the Arabic *• kh and cj th, or as in English eh (loch) and th. 



It would be interesting to give in connection with this list 



of words the various equivalents in Indo-Chinese languages, as 



Mr. Blagden has done, but this can be postponed until larger 

 vocabularies of all the dialects are at our disposal. 



Above . . . fkigkmer 



Absent . . . *ti ta' (tidak) 



Accept, to 'lgkan 



Accurate . . . *betul 



Accustomed . . . *biasa' 



Ache . . . nl, nyl 



Acid . . . *asam, *masam 



Across . . . kn-tii 



Act, to ... bli', ui 



Add, to ... *tama' (tambah) 



Afraid . . . srga 



After (place) . . . chelon(d) 



f It will be noticed that rig and n are often used as vowels, therefore 

 this tnnsliteration is preferable to kengkmer as there is no e audible in the 

 word. Where vocalic ng and n are found initially an apostrophe has been 

 prefixed. 



