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APPENDIX C. 



Memorandum to accompany a proposed scheme for the 

 representation of native names and words in the 

 English character. 



1. It is, I think, needless to argue the necessity of some 

 systematic way of representing 

 2 Telugu native names in the En glish charac- 



3, Mai ay am, ter. All will probably admit the 



4 Canavese. , . , m1 



5. Dakhani ; or the dialect of desideratum, lhe accompanying 



Hindustani spoken in the scheme shews the Alphabet which 



I would propose to adopt for the 

 representation of the five principal languages of the Madras 

 Presidency, and Sanskrit. The latter is added, as Sanskrit 

 words are so largely adopted into all the Madras languages. 



% I am aware that the proposed Alphabet, as it stands, 

 is not'fhe best or most simple way which could be devised 

 for representing the character of any one of the five langu- 

 ages ; but as it is doubtless desirable to have one Koman- 

 Alphabet for all the native languages of the Presidency, 

 sacrifices have been made to attain this end ; and my endea- 

 vour has been to devise a way of representing six native 

 Alphabets with as much simplicity as is consistent with 

 critical correctness. 



3. I earnestly hope for the early attention of Govern- 

 ment to the subject with a view to the 

 Vide List B. J 



speedy adoption of this or some plan. The 



careless and unintelligible way of representing native names 

 is a great and increasing evil. I may instance the Yomiah 



