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Hamza is used in the same way with the sultix an following' an 

 alif\ as, 



kenyatdan perkatdan 



(c) Hamza is also used with the suffix i when it follows an 

 a/ if, but not when it follows wau, as, 



mjilai nam ti sertdi bharui ketahui lalui turgqui 

 </i>* ^\i ^l^- ^l^ ^^V ^^ ^fXs 

 {<l) Hamza is sometimes placed at the end of a word in- 

 stead of final i to indicate a shortening of the final syllable, as 



hergkd date? incite md poke tergd 



(r) It also appears in a few Arabic words : 

 maldikat ajdib nuimin 



IV. For the sake of brevity and clearness the proposed 

 rules for Malay spelling are now recapitulated, without the 

 explanations which were necessary above. 



PROPOSED RULES FOR MALAY SPELLING. 



(1) Final wa.u and ya must be used in all words ending in 

 the sounds ?/, 0, au, and ?', e, ai, respectively, except 



b l ~ ^V" ^— cA ^ Cr-^ 



(2) Final rt/Z/'must be used in all words ending- in the a 

 sound, except (a) when the final consonant is *S ^ r r u 



a. ; (b) when the final consonant is ^j ^ J . ^. ^ pre- 

 ceded by «/?/, or (c) one of the following- exceptions: 



j£- J ^ lP ^ Jy uX J*^ ^ cs^ Jy 



