HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
15
f'or c_, for for C; for [, 3; for 3; for
? ’T gh as g uttered in a peculiar manner deeplj from
the throat, much like the Northumbrian r; or, as the
sound gha, gha, gha, formed in gargling.
as/ in f n.
j ^ Jc, as k uttered with the root of the tongue pressed
back on the throat, so as to check the voice gently and
to occasion a clinking sound.
cJ k, as k in king.
4 kh, as k with ar^ aspiration sensibly expressed.
J ^ kh, as the last described.
g, as g in give.
4 ^ gh, as g with an aspiration sensibly expressed.
j 3 /, as the English /.
^ H 7u, as the English m.
u •T n, as the English n.
u or ^ * h, a nasal sound merely, like that of the French
* In the Roman characters, following the practice of Meninsky, the
letter ^ when initial in a syllable is here represented by a small form
of itself written over its subsequent vowel; and, when in the middle
or at the end of a syllable, by the same mark placed after the vowel
which goes before in pronunciation ; so, akl, £_*>
ma .
15
f'or c_, for for C; for [, 3; for 3; for
? ’T gh as g uttered in a peculiar manner deeplj from
the throat, much like the Northumbrian r; or, as the
sound gha, gha, gha, formed in gargling.
as/ in f n.
j ^ Jc, as k uttered with the root of the tongue pressed
back on the throat, so as to check the voice gently and
to occasion a clinking sound.
cJ k, as k in king.
4 kh, as k with ar^ aspiration sensibly expressed.
J ^ kh, as the last described.
g, as g in give.
4 ^ gh, as g with an aspiration sensibly expressed.
j 3 /, as the English /.
^ H 7u, as the English m.
u •T n, as the English n.
u or ^ * h, a nasal sound merely, like that of the French
* In the Roman characters, following the practice of Meninsky, the
letter ^ when initial in a syllable is here represented by a small form
of itself written over its subsequent vowel; and, when in the middle
or at the end of a syllable, by the same mark placed after the vowel
which goes before in pronunciation ; so, akl, £_*>
ma .