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HINTS TO TRAVELLERS. 
Letters. 
ng 
P 
ph 
th 
T 
r 
s 
sh 
t 
v 
w 
X 
y 
z 
zb 
Pronunciation and Remarks. 
Examples. 
has two separate sounds, the one hard as 
in the English word finger , the other 
as in singer. As these two sounds are 
rarely employed in the same locality, 
no attempt is made to distinguish 
between them. 
As in English. 
As in loophole . 
Chemulpho, Mokpho. 
stands both for its sound in thing , and as 
Bethlehem. 
in this. The former is most common, 
should never be employed; qu (in quiver ) 
Kwangtung. 
is given as lav. 
When qu has the sound of h as in quoit, 
it should be given by h. 
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}>As in English. 
Sawakin. 
is always a consonant, as in yard , and 
Kikuyu. 
therefore should never be used as a 
terminal, i or e being substituted as the 
sound may require. 
Thus, not Mikinddny , wady , but 
Mikindani, wadi. 
not Kwaly, but 
Kwale. 
English z . 
Zulu. 
The French j, or as s in treasure .. 
Muzhdaha. 
Accents should not generally be used, 
Tonga tabu, Galapagos, 
but where there is a very decided 
Palawan, Sarawak. 
emphatic syllable or stress, which 
affects the sound of the word, it should 
be marked by an acute accent. 
