Oct. 1858.— Mar. 1859.] In Roman Characters 



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Consonants. 



t. 

 o 



5 



J 



r 



3 



P 



t 



t 



s 



j 



Oil 



ll 



kh 



d 

 d 



r 

 r 



z 



s 



sh 

 s 

 z 



t 

 z 



c 



gh 



f 



k 



k 



g 

 1 



m 

 n 

 fi 



w or v 

 h 



as the b in * number." 

 as the in " pardon." 

 dental t, as the £ in (i tub." 

 palatal £ ; as the t in " trumpet." 

 A peculiar lisping s. 

 as the j in " jelly." 

 as the ch in " church." 

 hard h ; like h in " haul." 

 a guttural like the German final ch. 

 dental d, as the d in " duty." 

 hard or palatal d ; as the d in " drum" 

 or " du]]." 



often used for the hard 



as the z in " razor, 

 as the r in " fairy, 

 a hard vibrating r 



d above, 

 as the z in '-'hazard." 

 as the s in " sinful." 

 as the sh in " shoulder." 

 The same sound as s. 

 The same sound as z 

 Hard t 

 Hard z. 



A peculiar arabic a. 

 A peculiar arabic guttural, 

 as the /in " fin." 

 a clicking palatal 

 as the h in " king." 

 as the </ in " legation." 

 as the I in. " relief." 

 as the m in " market." 

 as the n in " denote." 



Final and nasal n ; as in the French " bon." 

 as the w or v in " wisdom" and " device." 

 as the h in " hand." As a final, it has a 

 perceptible sound if preceded by a vowel, and is then written 

 h in Roman character ; but otherwise the final h is neither 

 sounded nor written. Thus is written davgah : y j a 



