 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...Letters. OBTHOGRAPHY teaches the nature and powers of letters, and the just method of spelling words. Letters are divided into vowels and consonants-. The vowels are, a, e, i, o, « ; and sometimes w and y. W and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable; but in every... | |
 | Charles François Lhomond - 1826 - 170 pages
...words are composed of syllables ; syllables are composed of letters. There are two sorts of letters ; vowels and consonants. The vowels are, a, e, i, o, u, and y. They are called vowels, because they form a perfect sound of themselves, without the aid of consonants.... | |
 | Veneroni (sieur de) - Italian language - 1827 - 464 pages
...e,f, g, h, i,j, I, m, n,o, p, q,r, s, t, u, v,z. The Italians do not make use of k, w, x, y. ; The letters are divided into vowels and consonants. The vowels are, a, e, i, o, u. They are called vowels. from their forming a perfect sound without the assistance of any other letter,... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 1828 - 466 pages
...sound by itself. A consonant, on the contrary, cannot be articulated without the assistance of a vowel. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and y, which sometimes has the sound of one i, and sometimes of two. The nineteen remaining letters, 6, c, d, f, g, ft, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, t, t, v, x, 2, are consonants.... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1828 - 462 pages
...similitudes and specifick differences seem to require. Letters, therefore, are naturally divisible into vowels and consonants The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and у and w when ending a syllable. The consonants are 6, c, d, /, g, h,j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t,... | |
 | Saint Phorien André - French language - 1830 - 518 pages
.... . . x . . . . y — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. The French ALPHABET contains twenty-five letters, which are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The vowels...a, e, i, o, u, and y, which sometimes has the sound ef one i, and sometimes of two, The nineteen remaining letters, b, c, d,f, g, h, j, It, I, m, n, p,... | |
 | Nathan Guilford - Spellers - 1831 - 154 pages
...of OUa. HE NEW YORK ASTOR.IFNOXAND 19C2 In the English language there are twenty-six letters, which are divided into vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. A vowel is a simple sound of itself. A consonant has no sound, except when united... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...sentences comprise the whole subject of which it treats. The letters are twenty six in number, and are divided into vowels, and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o. u,; also, w and y are vowels, except when they begin a word or syllable. All thc rest of the letters are... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - English language - 1832 - 236 pages
...similitudes and specified differences seem to require. Letters, therefore, are naturally divisible into vowels and consonants. The vowels are, a, e, i, o, u, and w' and y when ending a syllable. The consonants are, 6, c, d, f, g, A, j, k. I, m, n, p, q, r, *, t,... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 1833 - 476 pages
...sound by itself. A consonant, on the contrary, cannot be articulated without the assistance of a vowel. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and y, which sometimes has the sound of one i, and sometimes of two. The nineteen remaining letters, b, c, d,f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, x, z, are consonants.... | |
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The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y. 
