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THE ROMAN ALPHABET. 



Consonants. 



Aniare — 



f I'll 



f America- A a ep 



(Mar A a, ep 



Man A a q t 



Mary A a epx 



Bed E e 6 



The asterisk marks the 

 place where the con- 

 sonant comes in as 



ke ko 



Temere— { m 



(There — E e 



Finito- 



( Pitiful 1 



"(Police — I 



("Most 



Odore — { n 



(Rose O 



Tumulto-I^!— 



( Rude — U u C°i 



o <£) 

 6 © 



ii F 

 *i f 



1, P} 



si 



d ° r 



Vowels— 



g 



q j r]3 



w j x 3 



MODERN OR MIXED SINGHALESE ALPHABET. 



ep a a <§ i °6 i C u q°i u. 6 e 6 e ®\£> ai ©o au epg ah 



©*J Pi 

 id V{ 



Gutterals <55 ka 



Palatals E) cha 



Cerebrals — © ta 



Dentals £D ta 



Labials O pa 



Semi-vowels ca ya 



'a) kha ©D 

 fS cha 



a tha a 



6 tha q 



6pha Q 



6 



da 

 da 



<3)la 



§3 gha (id nga 



jha nya 



dha na 



S) dha £o na 



S3 bha © ma 



wa 



n 3 



?]« ?}« 

 z 



z 



ELU OR UNMIXED CEYLON ALPHABET. 



efaf af i^iCuOiu6eSeS)o^6 

 <25) ka (53 ga 



t5 ja 



3 ta S) da <s£o 

 35 to ^ da «3 



csa sa 



sa or se 23 sha so ha 



na 



© ba © 

 (5" ra (3 



S3 sa ha 



S wa 

 cps ah 



Sibilants & 

 Aspirate 



In these alphabets, the vowels are rejected by writing two consonants close together, as epS38c33 aswaya, or by such a 

 dash on the top of the letter as is seen in the Singhalese equivalents in the Roman alphabet above. But C3 cuts off the 

 vowel of the preceding consonant, by assuming this form a as Dos mit ja, not mitaya, as also <5 by assuming the form 

 <j as kra not kara, or this form ® in which case it also precedes as SSpJScs swargaya. 



