KEY TO THE PRONUNCIATION-CONTINUED. VOWELS.-OCCASIONAL SOUNDS. EXAMPLES. . . 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. a 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. . 1, as in . THE ALPHABET. a 4BCDEFGHIJKLMN ROMAN LETTERS. А o E I J L P Q X Y 2 em R V X Y Z &* pe DOUBLE LETTERS. , il, ffi, æ, . 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 l 3 5 a f i j k т т 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. 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. to be. 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 my na ne ni no nu ny is he in. do go on. it is on. it is in. pī po pū рӯ 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. pē 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. is he to be by me. 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 UV ах ix UX az iz 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 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 blý pli plu |