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THE ELU LANGUAGE. 



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a union of <> and go, and in Pali and Sanskrit by incorporating 

 © with go. It is however, though mistakenly, supposed that 

 its formation in the Elu is the same as in Pali and Sanskrit.* 



© (Pali and Sanskrit) is compounded of ^ and 0, as in 

 e)©3, vaMcha (Pali and Sanskrit), "deceit." 



<&. This form, also common to both Sanskrit and Pali, 

 although less frequently used in the former, is compounded 

 of £5$ and d, as in qd, aftja, " anoint." 



is exclusively Sanskrit, and is a compound of d and 

 ass^ as in goc^, prdjna, " pandit " or " scholar." 



i) is common to both Pali and Sanskrit, and is formed by 

 a union of 0 and d), as in qS), attha (Pali), " eight." 



e) is used in all the three languages, and is a contraction 

 of <©3 and eD, as hwfida (Elu), " sound "; go£D, gafida (Pali 

 and Sanskrit), "fruit." As is the case in all the compound 

 letters used in Elu, this is pronounced more softly in Elu 

 than in Pali and Sanskrit. 



^ is exclusively an Elu character, compounded of 

 and ^, and is pronounced softly as in eo^, haftda, " moon." 



eD, common to Pali and Sanskrit, is produced by a union 

 of q and 6D, as is geD, buddha (Pali and Sanskrit), " Buddha." 



©, used in all the three languages, is composed of® and o). 

 In the Elu it has the soft sound, as in q^cD, amba, "mango"; 

 in Sanskrit and Pali hard, as in qjg, ambu, " water." 



€), common to Pali and Sanskrit alone, is formed by a 

 union of q and ©, as in ©cs, dwaya (Pali and Sanskrit), "two." 



<2& is peculiar to the Sanskrit, and is a compound of o and 

 C9, t as in q^<20, aftsa, " side." I may add to the above <£>, 

 common to Elu and Pali, and formed of and as Z5)€), 

 kalu, " black." 



All the characters which are comprehended in the 241 

 already enumerated are used in the Pali and Sanskrit, with 



* Vide Elu Prosody, p. 1. 



f In Elu as in Pali o " corresponds with the French n in mon" 



