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IE! 



<ofT 

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<sru 



or 



as the a in " about" and " delta." 

 as the long a in " father." 

 as the i in " pin," or the y in 



" truly." [See Note. 1.] 

 as the long i is in " pique." [See Note 2.] 

 as the oo in " good." 

 as the long oo in " noon." 

 as the e in " mendicant" 



(nearly the French e) [See Note 3.] 

 as the ey in " grey" 



(nearly the French e.) [See Note 4.] 

 as the ai in " aisle," or ei in height." 

 as o in " police." 



as the long o in " story," or '* prose." 

 as the on in " foul," or ow in " drown." 

 as k in " king" or g in " lagoon." [See Note 5.] 

 as the ng in " angle." 



a peculiar s sounded nearly like ch. [See Note 6.] 

 as the ni in " onion," or gn in " mignon." 

 hard or palatal d ; stronger than d in " drum," 



It has a sound of t in it. 

 hard or palatal n. 

 as the t in " tinder," or d in 



" windy." [See Note 7.] 

 soft n as the n in " fancy." 

 as the p in " pardon" or b in 



" number." [See Note 8.] 

 as the m in u demand." 

 as the y in " yellow." 

 as the r in " round" and u burial." 

 as the 1 in " manly." 

 as the v in " marvel." 



a peculiar rolling sound : a mixture of r, 1, and 



the French j . 

 a hard 1 ; harder than 1 in " glove." 

 a vibrating r ; something like r in " crack." 

 the same as the soft n above, but used as a " nnaL r? 

 = Sanscrit sh. 

 = Sanscrit sibilant s. 



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