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will have observed, that the Qastri or Munshi constantly 

 corrects his pronunciation not of the linguals but of the 

 dentals, and tells him that he (the pupil) always uses the 

 former instead of the latter. The conclusion to be drawn 

 from this fact is that the Englishman is familiar with the 

 first class of sounds only. Besides, the natives of India in 

 transliterating English words constantly use their linguals to 

 express the English so-called dentals. They write for instance 



3^T37T direktar instead of director, jp^" -j-j^ gavarn- 

 ment instead of government, etc. (a). There is, I think, 

 no doubt, that no English ' t' or ' d' is strictly dental, though 

 as far as my perception goes, the English ' t' and d' sound 

 much more lingual if followed by ' r' than if they stand 

 alone. The ' r' exercises therefore in English the same in- 

 fluence as in Sanskrit, (see above). But it is not the Eng- 



(a) Note by the Editor. — Some time ago I made a similar remark 

 as to tlie evidence afforded by transliteration of English words into Tamil. 

 Thus 'Assistant Magistrate ' is written ^&&ot^irsasr® LMT&m@QtTLL. 

 asistaniu majastir& : 'Indorse' @srorL_/r/fefu iudars: 'endorsement' 

 crefai—irirerQLD&hr® endorsement u : ' head 5 <$C ed : * collector' 

 &Q<s$&L-.n t kalektar' : ' certificate' & a u^uqs)UslL sartippaika^ : 'court' 

 G&itlL® korttu :' judge' ggLLgg jadj : { judicial' s?-r>/f <F/rs\> judisal ■ 

 ' decree' up.&£ift dikkiri : ' deposition' ^_Guir&e^,ek diposishan: 'dis- 

 trict' is^&vis^SslL® distirikttu : ' truslee' ^jrei^u^ tirasti :' notice, 

 GibitlLis}. erv no.tis : ' bond' urr&br® bandu : ' warrant' eunnem® var- 

 antu Private Secretary' S^pGeuu. Q&d/fiGi-ifl piraivet lekrit&ij 

 'Government' aeypehrQu) em®, Gavurnmen'u. So in Telugu ' Magis. 

 trate' -^oss^fex mejasti c'u :' collector' g-efy_&& kalkataru : 'doctor' 



xr»-^g- daktar :' acting' e3 § cK~ akting : 'August' agasbtu : 



eo ej eo 



'report' 6d*cfc repdrtu : 'division' g&^g- Airfjan: 'October' fcj^ 

 ^t5b Ak^obaru: 'Assistant' <&%-fro C tn asistan.ru: ' Head of police' 

 •^"cr* heid'ipolisu: 'certificate' saritiphiketa. 



