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HINDUSTAN!. 



1. The romanizing system that I would propose, is based 

 on Sir "William J ones' method, and brought into very general 

 use by Shakespear. The arrangement proposed by Professor 

 Wilson in the introduction to his " Glossary of Official terms," 

 mainly coincides with the above. 



2. As Shakespear has been so long a well known au- 

 thority, I would adhere to the spelling of Hindustani words 

 that we find in his Dictionary with one or two slight modi- 

 fications. They are as follows. 1st, I would use a different 

 symbol for the r ; but of this more will be said presently. 

 2ndly, I would accentuate the ( J 6 and the (^J 4 because 

 they are both long in Hindustani, and when we come to arrange 

 an alphabet to suit Tamil and Telugu as well as Hindustani, 

 it will be necessary to show the difference between the long 

 and short o's and e's. 3rdly, I would introduce the aspirate 

 mark ' before an h following a consonant : as Uh instead of 

 bh, — because the aspirate is peculiar to the original language 

 from which Hindustani is framed, and needs to be sounded. 

 4thly, I would write the accents as in foreign European lan- 

 guages, d 6 1 &c, instead of a e % as Shakespear does. 



3. Professor Wilson, is no doubt a high authority, es- 

 pecially as he has endeavoured to make his roman alphabet 

 suit various languages besides Hindustani, and it is therefore 

 as well to show where his system differs from Shakespear, 

 and why I adopt the latter, (all except * for ^) 



Wilson. Shakespeak, 



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