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KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION-CONTINUED.

VOWELS.-OCCASIONAL SOUNDS.

EXAMPLES.

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â, as in care,

âir, shâre, pâir, beâr. ä Italian, as in

fäther, fär, bälm, päth. å, as in last, :

ask, grass, dånce, branch. a broad, as in all,

call, talk, haul, swarm. a, as in what,

wan, wanton, wallow. ê like â, as in

thêre, hệir, whêre, êre. ē, as in term,

črmine, vērge, prefér. e like long a, as in prey, they, eight. ï like long e, as in pïque, machine, mïen. i, as in bird, .

firm, 'virgin, dirt. o like short u, as in dove, són, done, won. O o like long oo, as in prøve, do, move, tomb. o like short oo, as in . bosom, wolf, woman. ô like broad a, as in ôrder, fôrm, störk. ob, as in

moon, food, booty. 0 (short 00), as in foot, book, wool, good. u preceded by r, as in rude, rụmor, rural. ų like oo, as in .

bull, put, pus, pull. ėi, o (italic) mark a letter silent token, cousin, mason.

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REGULAR DIPHTHONGAL SOUNDS. oi, or oy (unmarked), as in . oil, join, toy. ou, or ow Tunmarked), as in out, owl, vowel.

CONSONANTS. ç soit, like s sharp, as in çede, merçy. € hard, like h, as in

call, eoneur. ch (unmarked), as in. child, choose, much. çh soft, like sh, as in . machine, çhaise. eh hard, like K, as in

elorus, epoeh. s hard, as in

get, begin, fogõy: ġ soft, like j, as in

ġentle, ginger, elegy. s sharp (unmarked), as in

same, gas, dense. $ soft

, or vocal, like z, as in haş, amuse, prison. th sharp (unmarked), as in thing, path. th flat or vocal, as in

Chine, their, wither. ng (unmarked), as in., sing, single.

linger, link, uncle, x, like gz, as in

exist, auxiliary. ph (unmarked), likef, as in sylph. qu (unmarked), like kw, as in qucen. wh (unmarked), like hw, as in what, when, awhile.

EXAMPLES.

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THE ALPHABET.

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a
be
ce
de
e
ef
je
aytch
i
ja
ka
el

4BCDEFGHIJKLMN

ROMAN LETTERS.

А
B

o
d. D

E
F
G
H

I
j

J
k K

L
M
N
0

P
9

Q
r R
s S
t T
u U
V V
W W
X

X
у

Y
Z

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R
S
ť T
и U

V
W

X
y

Y

Z &*

pe
си
ar
es
te
u
ve
double
eks
wi
ze
and

DOUBLE LETTERS.
ff, ffl, fi

, il, ffi, æ, .
* This is not a letter, but a character standing for and.

BÄR, LÅST, €ÂRF, FALL, WILAT; uÃE, PREY, TIÊRE; GET; BIED, MARÏNE; LINE

OLD ENGLISH.

A B C D E F G L U J K L M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z & a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r

t u v w x V Z

SCRIPT.

A B C D E F G H I f. H L M N O P Q R S T U V

Q S T

W X Y Z
b c d e f g h i j k l m n o
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a s t u v w x y z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ġo

3 5

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ba ea da fa ga

be çe de fe ge

No. 1.-1. bi bo çi €O di do fi

fo gi go

bu €U du fu gu

by çy dy fy gy

go on.

go in

we go.

I am.

do go.

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jy

ky

ly

NOVE, SÓN, WOLF, FODT, NOON, ÔR; BỊLE, PILL; EJIST; €=k; =s; Ş=z; çu=sı.

by me. it is. is he.

to me.

he is.
go up.
to us.

to be.
an OX.

on it. on us.

No. 2.-II. hā he

ho hū hỹ ja je ji jo ju ka ke ki ko ku la le li lo lu ma me

mo
mu

my na ne

ni no nu ny is he in.

do go on.
he is in.
I do go on.

it is on.
is it in.

it is in.
No. 3.-III.

pī po pū рӯ
ra re ri ro ru ry
sa se

si

SO su sy ta te ti to tu ty va ve vi VO vu vy wa.

we wi WO wu wy

is it on.

is he up. he is up

is it so.
it is so.

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BÄR, LÅST, €ÂRF, F;!l1., WILT; JE, PREY, TIÊRE; GET; BĪRO, MARÏNE; LIYk;

I am

am I to go in.

so he is to go up.
to
go
in.'

is he to be by me.
is he to go in.

he is to be by me. he is to go in. · I am to be by it.

No. 5.-V. ăj ěj îi

új ak ek ik

uk al il

ul am em im om

um an in

un ap ip

up No. 6.–VI. är ēr ir

ûr ăs ës is

ŭs at et it

ut av

iv
OV

UV ах

ix
OX

UX az

iz
OZ

UZ is he to do so by me.

it is to be by me. he is to do so by me.

by me it is to be. so I am to be in. I am to be as he is. he is to go up by it.

he is to be as I am.

No. 7.–VII. bla blē blī blo blū ela ele eli elo elu

ely fla fle fli

filo
flu

fly gla gle gli glo glu gly pla ple

plo

ply sla. sle sli slo slu

No. 8.-VIII. brā brē brī bro bru brý era ere eri ero eru

ery dra dre dri dro dru dry

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