



THE EVOLUTION OF MALAY SPELLING. 109 



ada apa apahila diet ia kerna mmmsia mala pada pida 



serta si apa 



Provided, however, that the final alif may also be omitted 

 when the last consonant is jj ^ . •. or ^ whenever those 

 consonants are preceded by an alif, as in the following words : 

 bagimana biasa daya kata kqya lama /nana masa mat'i noma 



»?/afa puasa rasa rata sama sana supaya 



(3) The following rules are suggested to govern the inser- 

 tion of the weak letters wan and ya in closed syllables (it being- 

 understood of course that alif is never thus used except in the 

 monosyllable dan). 



(a) In two-syllable roots, when one syllable is open and 

 the other closed, the weak letters wau and ya shall be inserted 

 in the closed syllable, except when the vowel sounds of the two 

 syllables are similar. Examples of words vith similar vowels : — 



bilek bodoh bohorg bprgsu bunoh dvsun fikir mimpi sororg susitn 



jL co^ £ji y ~b «ji ^ jG j* fey* crr , 



tirggi titek tolorg tulus turun 



Examples of words with dissimilar vowels: — 



aigin blnm gadoh Mdop Had kasyt kechil kepirg 



