 | William Smith - Latin language - 1879 - 210 pages
...were used only in words introduced from Greek ; k is found only before a, and q only before u. The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, w, y. The remaining letters are Consonants ; of these /, in, n, r, are called liquids, s is called... | |
 | William Smith - Latin language - 1879 - 224 pages
...c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p, Q, E, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z. q, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, z. The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, «, y. The remaining letters are Consonants. The Diphthongs are ae, oe, au, which are in common use,... | |
 | Henry Clay Kinne - 1879 - 152 pages
...elementary sounds in the language ; but a careful diserimination would probably reduce the number. Letters are divided Into vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, f, o, '<, and sometimes w and y. The remaining letters of the alphabet are consonants. At the beginning... | |
 | William Smith - 1880 - 210 pages
...were used only in words introduced from Greek ; k is found only before a, and q only before u. The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, «, y. The remaining letters are Consonants ; of these /, m, n, r, are called liquids, s is called... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - English language - 1881 - 158 pages
...Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy ? And he said, I have found thee." § 3. The letters are divided into VOWELS and CONSONANTS. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. A vowel can be sounded by itself, as, o. A consonant cannot be properly sounded... | |
 | F. Duffet - French language - 1881 - 412 pages
...PA.RT FIRST. PRONUNCIATION. THE French alphabet is composed of the following twenty-five letters, which are divided into vowels and consonants : The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y. The compound vowels are ai, eu, ou: al has two pronunciations, è or é. The pronunciation of u... | |
 | A. L. Snell - Dutch language - 1885 - 258 pages
...letter is pronounced, or at least influences the pronunciation of another letter in some way. § 5. — Letters are divided into vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, with the compounds ie, eu, oe ; the diphthongs have been given above : the remaining letters are consonants.... | |
 | Cora Ilione Townsend - Latin language - 1891 - 128 pages
...letters in the Latin alphabet. They are the same as in English, except that in Latin there is no TO. Letters are divided into vowels and consonants. The vowels are: a, e, i, o, u, y. All the remaining letters are consonants. The consonants b, c, d, g, k, p, q, t, are culled mutes.... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - English language - 1908 - 206 pages
..."Twice-Told Tales." LESSON 40.— A AND AN The letters of the alphabet are divided into two classes, vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. They represent independent sounds of the human voice. All the other letters are... | |
 | James Benjamin Aswell, Joe Cook, Sidney G. Gilbreath - Language and languages - 1909 - 90 pages
...language consists of 26 letters, called the alphabet. These letters are divided into two classes — vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. All words must contain one or more vowels. With the exception of the words a, 7,... | |
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The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y. 
