PHONETICS. 



§ I. ORMURI SOUNDS. 



The sounds of Ormuri are the same as those of P^'sto, with one in addition. In 

 the present paper they are indicated as follows : Ormuri has no written character of 

 its own.^ 



A. Vowels. 



", a, a, i, I, u, u, e, 



B. Semivowels, 



y, V {w). 



C. Consonants. 



at. 



0. 





Mutes. 



Spirants. 



Nasals. 



Liquids. 





Surd. 



Sonant. 



Surd. 



Sonant. 



Gutturals 



k 



g 



x,h 



7 







Palatals 



c 



i 



s 



{^)> 1 







Fricatives 



h 



dz 











Dentals 



t 



d 



s 



Z 



n 



r,l 



Cerebrals 



il) 



(4) 



S, 9f 





n 



r 



Labials 



p 



b 







m 





Remarks : — 



I. Owing to the fact that nearly all the Ormuri words quoted in these pages 

 were originally written in the Persian character, the statements made in them 

 regarding vowels must be read with a certain amount of reserve. 



In the first place, the vowel " , which is properly written * in the Persian charac- 

 ter, is often written ^ or ^, thus giving rise to considerable confusion. 



In the second place, Ghulam Muhammad Khan, the author of the book on which 

 my inquiries are mainly founded, was far from consistent in his representation of the 



1 In this section, I have followed the arrangement adopted by Professor Geiger in his Lautlehre des Baluti. 



