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70 GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REPORTS.
In general we considered it unneccessary to add this sign when the accent
coincided with it, and the omission would not influence the correctness of the pro-
nunciation.
Short vowels are not separately distinguished.
5. - above a and e is a sign of imperfect phonetic formation, similar to the
open u in but, and e in herd.
6. ~ below a indicates the deep sound, like a in wall.
In Hindostani this sound occurs only in local dialects; in Tibetan and Turkish
it is more prevalent.
7. ~ above a and o indicates a nasal sound, like a and o in the French words
gant and son; also e, I, and u had to be introduced for marking the nasal sound of
e, i, and u; in the nasal diphthongs au and ai, we make the sign over one only,
though both vowels have the nasal sound.
CONSONANTS.
1. b, d, f, g, h, k, 1, m, n, p, r, s, t, are pronounced as in German and English
[the variations occurring in the pronunciation of g, and h (in English) excepted].
2. h, after a consonant, is an audible aspiration, except in ch, sh, and kh.
3. ch sounds as in English (church).
4. sh, as in English {shade).
5. kh, as ch in German (hoch).
6. j, as in English (just).
7. v, as the w in German (Wasser), being different from v in very, and w in ivater.
8. y, as y in the English word yes, or j in the German ja.
9. z, soft, as in English.
ACCENTS.
' marks the syllable on which the accent falls, whether the syllable be long or
short.
ALPHABETICAL REGISTERS.
In our alphabetical registers the letters follow the order of the alphabet,
irrespective of the signs attached to them. This arrangement has the advantage of
coinciding, as nearly as possible, with the system adopted in dictionaries of European
languages.
In general we considered it unneccessary to add this sign when the accent
coincided with it, and the omission would not influence the correctness of the pro-
nunciation.
Short vowels are not separately distinguished.
5. - above a and e is a sign of imperfect phonetic formation, similar to the
open u in but, and e in herd.
6. ~ below a indicates the deep sound, like a in wall.
In Hindostani this sound occurs only in local dialects; in Tibetan and Turkish
it is more prevalent.
7. ~ above a and o indicates a nasal sound, like a and o in the French words
gant and son; also e, I, and u had to be introduced for marking the nasal sound of
e, i, and u; in the nasal diphthongs au and ai, we make the sign over one only,
though both vowels have the nasal sound.
CONSONANTS.
1. b, d, f, g, h, k, 1, m, n, p, r, s, t, are pronounced as in German and English
[the variations occurring in the pronunciation of g, and h (in English) excepted].
2. h, after a consonant, is an audible aspiration, except in ch, sh, and kh.
3. ch sounds as in English (church).
4. sh, as in English {shade).
5. kh, as ch in German (hoch).
6. j, as in English (just).
7. v, as the w in German (Wasser), being different from v in very, and w in ivater.
8. y, as y in the English word yes, or j in the German ja.
9. z, soft, as in English.
ACCENTS.
' marks the syllable on which the accent falls, whether the syllable be long or
short.
ALPHABETICAL REGISTERS.
In our alphabetical registers the letters follow the order of the alphabet,
irrespective of the signs attached to them. This arrangement has the advantage of
coinciding, as nearly as possible, with the system adopted in dictionaries of European
languages.