238 On writing Oriental words [No. 10, new series. 



I do not quite approve either of " x" as an equivalent for the 

 Sanskrit ^J, for it ignores the "h" altogether, and both Mr. Nor- 

 man and myself preferred " ksh," as the least of two evils, for the 

 letter does not often occur. 



The Report does not clearly state what equivalents are pro- 

 posed for the Telugu ^ and g. In p. 11 objection is taken to 

 using " ch" and " j" in Telugu words derived from the Sanskrit, 

 but it is not actually stated if " ts" and " dz" are approved. I 

 can see no better rendering, though Rule 3 (p. 3) is broken in 

 both instances, as well as in " ch" for , " kh" for ^, " gh" for 



A, and " sh" for ^. The Report is also silent as to the mode of 



writing the Hindustani . when it follows . Are we to write 



" Darkhast" or " Darkhwast," or " Darkhwast" ? I prefer the 



latter. I conclude that my proposal (p. 43) to render the hamza 

 by an aspirate, is approved. 



I quite concur in all the rest of the scheme as proposed in the 

 Report, and admit that in some instances it is an improvement 

 upon mine, though the differences are only (except in two case* 

 above named) of minor importance. 



I trust that 1 with the infra linear mark will be retained for 



the Tamil ip f and the inverted comma for the Arabic ^. After 

 reading all that is written in the Report and Appendix as regards 

 the tp I am still of opinion that it is better represented by 1 than 

 by r, rl, or zh, Beschi is certainly the best of all the authorities 

 quoted. The reference (p. 26) to the 4 Sabda manjari' seems de- 

 cisive. Mr. Elliot I observe leans to Mr. Ellis's " zh," but I hav« 

 always thought that by English readers this would be pronounced 

 like the z in " azure," and I have found this when I have placed 

 such words as " kizhpak" (the name of a place) " Vellazher" (the 

 name of a tribe) " Tamizh" (the name of a language) "Tazhai" 

 (the name of a shrub) before friends unacquainted with any 

 oriental language. By substituting " 1 " for"zh" in the above 

 words, I have found the pronunciation come much closer. 



As to the c, I see Mr. Elliot leans to the Missionary alphabet 



