LANGUAGES OF THE KILIMA NJARO DISTRICT . 477 
u is sounded as in “put.” 
u „ „ “rule”(oo). 
u like the French u or German u. 
The consonants are sounded thus : — 
k as in “ kitten.” 
g as in “ gate.” 
y (the Greek gamma) like the Arabic ^ (yain), a sound 
resembling the Northumberland “ burr ” or the French 
“ r grasseyeA 
X (the Greek chi), like ch in German or ^ in Arabic. 
h like the Arabic a strongly aspirated h. 
h as in “house.” 
y as in “year.” 
/ as in “jar” (the English “j ”). 
6 as cli in English or c before e and i in Italian. Ca = cha. 
d { a sound like “ dy,” intermediate between / and d. 
d as in “ day.” 
-9• as tli in “ think.” 
8 as th in “ that.” 
t as in “ tale.” 
8 as in “ sail.” 
s, English sh, as in “shawl.” 
^ as in “zinc.” 
z as in “ azure ” = the French “ j,” 
l as in “ lace.” 
r as in “ Rome.” 
n as in “need.” 
n as in “ singing —a ringing nasal sound like ng, but 
carrying on no sound of the g . 
n, sometimes used at the end of words for ny^ the Spanish n. 
m as in “maid” and “umpire.” 
b as in “ boat.” 
p as in “ perch.” 
/ as in “ fail.” 
v as in “ veil.” 
w as in “wait ” and “ nawab ” (a consonantal u). 
Where the accent is not marked, it generally falls 
on the penultimate. 
