CONTENTS.
I. Considerations on the Method employed. page.
1. Collection and elaboration of material............................ 137
2. Principles of writing foreign languages in a European alphabet................ 139
Phonetic transcription.—Transliteration.
3. Limits to physical accuracy ................................ 141
4. Alphabet selected; importance of simplicity for practical use................. 143
5. Account of systems hitherto in use............................. 144
II. Detail of the Alphabet used.
1. Letters and signs used for the phonetic transcription......... ........... 148
Alphabetical registers.
Modification of the letters and signs.
Vowels.—Consonants.—Syllables in general.
2. Detail of the vowels ...........................-......... 150
Pronunciation of the vowels.
The vowel system of Sanskrit.
Vowels of imperfect formation.
Diphthongs.
Nasal vowels.
3. Detail of the consonants.................................. 153
Pronunciation of the consonants.
Tibetan consonants not pronounced.
Duplication.—Composition.—Substitution.
4. The accent........................................ 157
Nature and general occurrence.
Principal accent.—Secondary accents.
Limit to the receding of the accent.
III. Arrangement of the Glossary.
1. Succession of the various parts of the explanation...................... 161
2. Terms prevailing in composition.............................. 163
- , 3. Alphabetical abstract register............................... 166
I. Considerations on the Method employed. page.
1. Collection and elaboration of material............................ 137
2. Principles of writing foreign languages in a European alphabet................ 139
Phonetic transcription.—Transliteration.
3. Limits to physical accuracy ................................ 141
4. Alphabet selected; importance of simplicity for practical use................. 143
5. Account of systems hitherto in use............................. 144
II. Detail of the Alphabet used.
1. Letters and signs used for the phonetic transcription......... ........... 148
Alphabetical registers.
Modification of the letters and signs.
Vowels.—Consonants.—Syllables in general.
2. Detail of the vowels ...........................-......... 150
Pronunciation of the vowels.
The vowel system of Sanskrit.
Vowels of imperfect formation.
Diphthongs.
Nasal vowels.
3. Detail of the consonants.................................. 153
Pronunciation of the consonants.
Tibetan consonants not pronounced.
Duplication.—Composition.—Substitution.
4. The accent........................................ 157
Nature and general occurrence.
Principal accent.—Secondary accents.
Limit to the receding of the accent.
III. Arrangement of the Glossary.
1. Succession of the various parts of the explanation...................... 161
2. Terms prevailing in composition.............................. 163
- , 3. Alphabetical abstract register............................... 166