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ence of the student of African philology who may 
happen to take up this book. 
I have added to the Masai vocabulary words from 
othemAfrican languages, either belonging to the same 
group or forming part of separate linguistic families 
which might seem to be remotely connected with the 
Masai. 
The mode of spelling adopted in these and other 
vocabularies which follow, and throughout the volume 
where African names are introduced which have not a 
generally accepted orthography, is practically the same 
as that proposed in Lepsius’ “ Standard Alphabet.” 
The following letters are used :— 
Vowels :— 
a, ci, e, e, i, i , o, 5, 6, o, u, u, it. 
Consonants :— 
K g , y, x> V ] h !h h C, d\ d , l, t, s, s, z , v , 1, r, n, ii, n (ny), m, 
h, p, f, v, w. 
In their pronunciation it may be said roughly that 
the vowels are sounded as in Italian and the consonants 
as in English, but for the benefit of those who have 
not studied Lepsius’ system I give a further explana¬ 
tion. Among the vowels 
a is 
sounded 
as in 
“ master.” 
ii 
5 5 
55 
“ rather.” 
e 
55 
“ met.” 
e 
5 ) 
55 
“grey.” 
i 
>> 
55 
“hit.” 
l 
55 
“ ravine.” 
0 
>) 
55 
“not.” 
o 
55 
55 
“bone.” 
/f 
0 
55 
55 
“ store,” or a in “ all.” 
b like the German o in “ Bose,” or French oeu in 
“ cceur.” 
