IIOKN’ EXPEDITION—ANTIIHOPULOGY. 
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Ampeification of the foueooino 
Ruli 
Letters. 
Prominciatioii and Keinarks. 
a 
ah .. 
as 
in 
a 
a 
as 
in 
e 
e 
as 
in 
e 
e 
as 
in 
i 
ie 
as 
in 
1 
i 
as 
in 
o 
0 
as 
in 
6 
0 
as 
in 
\i 
00 
as 
in 
I'l 
IL 
as 
in 
ai 
y ••• 
as 
in 
au 
OlSd 
as 
in 
ei 
... 
as 
in 
ou 
eu 
as 
in 
oi 
oy ... 
as 
in 
b 
Enj^lisli h. 
c 
is always 
soft. 
but is so nearly the sound of x 
that 
it 
cli 
(1 
f 
li 
k 
should be seldom used 
If Celebes were not already recognised it would bo written 
Seiches. 
is always sounded as in church 
English d. 
English /; ph should not be used for the sound of /. 
Thus, not Haiphong, but 
is always hard. (Soft .i;-is given by j) 
is always pronounced when inserted. 
English /. Dj should never be put for this sound 
English k. It should always be put for the hard c. 
Thus, not Corea, but 
kh 
gh 
in 
11 
h 
U,r 
P 
q 
The Oriental gutteral 
is another gutteral, as in the Turkish ... 
I As in English. 
or Spanish h ... ... ... ... as in 
has two separate sounds, the one hard as in the English 
word finger, the other as in singer. As these two 
sounds are rarely emjiloyed in the same locality, no 
attempt is made to distinguish between them. 
As in English. 
should never be employed ; qu is given as kw ... 
s 
t 
V 
w 
X 
y 
z 
-As in English. 
y 
is always a consonant, as in yard, and therefore should 
never be used as a terminal, i or e being substituted. 
Thus, not Mikinddny, but 
not Kwaly, but 
English a 
Accents should not generally be used, but where there 
is a very decided emphatic syllable or stress, which 
all'ects the sound of tlie word, it should be marked by 
an acute accent. 
iS. 
Examples. 
father. 
bad. 
there. 
pen. 
thief. 
sit. 
bore. 
top. 
moon. 
cut. 
thy. 
cow. 
they. 
emeu. 
toy. 
Celebes. 
Chiugchin. 
Haifong, Nafa. 
Galapagos. 
Japan, Jiiichuen. 
Korea. 
Khan. 
Eagh, Ghazi. 
Seuor. 
Kwangtuiig. 
Kikiiyu. 
Mikindani. 
Kwale. 
Zulu. 
Tongatabu, Galapagos, 
Palawan, Sarawak. 
