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Illustrative of the Additional Letters for Foreign Sounds which do not occur in English
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The number at the commencement of each line refers to the corresponding number in the Ethnical Alphabet ; and the italic letters in the words rare, air, der, cedo, kühnate, &c, are the common equivalents of the written and printed forms in columns 2 and 3 of that alphabet.
2a. "A ã, as heard in rare, air, Eng. ; der, Ger. ; cedo, Ital. ; lait, Fr.
"4a. " A is á long, the very broad French á, often mispronounced aw (No.4) by Englishmen.
7. Ü ü long, as in kühnste, Ger.; vü, Fr.
7a. Ú ú short, as in künste, Ger.; hutte, Fr.
8. Õ õ, as in Goethe, Ger. ; jeúne, Fr.
8a. Ò ò, as in bõcke.Ger.; jeune, Fr.
9. Ë ë, as in je, Fr.
3a. "A a , as in hommasse, patte, Fr.; mann, kann, Ger.; fat, cat, Northern English.
5a. O o The brief sound of long vowel No. 5, as in window, Eng.; Otto, Ger.; tossa, Ital.; sonne, Fr.
10, u'n, as in dindon, simple, nain, faim, sein, Fr.
10a. o'n, as in jambon, emplir, emploi, sang, Fr.
10b. o'n, as in don, fondu, rompu, son, Fr.
10c. u'n, as in un, jeun, parfum, Fr.
19. >v, the German w.
26a. -Hl - hl, as in llall, Llywelyn, llenad, Welsh (gutteral).
25a. -Hr -hr, as in rhag, Welsh.
26b. Lj lj, as in fille, Fr. ; figlio, Ital.; llano, Span. Portugese lh.
29a. Nj nj, as in règne, Fr. ; sogno, Ital. ; pevia, Span. ; Portuguese nh.
24. K k, guttural, as in ach, Germ. ; and common in Dutch, Welsh, Scotch, &c.
24a. Q q, a very hard gutturel. The Dutch g.
Qj qj, palatal, as in kõnig, berg, Germ.
16. x Hebrew aleph ; Greek spiritus lenis.
: Arabic hamza.
--- hiatus, or sudden check, used by the Arabs of Damasens and Aleppo.
[ C c ?] Arabic compression of the throat.
25b. As in przez, Polish (, trill).