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Shakespear, John
A grammar of the Hindustani language — London, 1826

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HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.

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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 .
 
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