105 THE INVOLUTION OF MALAY SPELLING. 



He retained, however, the old form of spelling in the words : 

 balek g ant org Imbis hidop kamporg parggil puteli teloh iirggal 



jil Lz£ ^Afc _Jajj> iU J&*. *y jt Jpil 



The new Spelling Book referred to above goes even further 

 than Abdullah, giving 



argin bargan blum gantorg guntirg minum P a !J 0} U 



rumput sakit sedikit takot tan j org tidor torgkat fvrggdl 



e*l*j oL i£oA«, SyVl 5-^ J 5 -^5* <XS-J (J-^y 



tumpah iimpat 



But retaining the old forms 



bintarg Itabis kamporg parggil tirggal 



(4) As stated above, the tashdid is now never used. 



(5) The insertion of the lengthening letters in the penulti- 

 mate of derived words appears to have become firmly fixed 

 in the mind of the Malay, and is still very generally practised. 

 AVe find the following in the new Spelling Book: 



mgkatun bachdan makanan pemandargan pamblian 



parkatdan taiiantan targkupttn 

 which are absolutely in accord with the spelling of our MSS. 



