Miscellaneous papers relating to Aborigines, ca. 1839-1871 - Page 76

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K E Y.
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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. ; de​​​​​​​r, Ger. ; ce​​​​​​​do, Ital. ; la​​​​​​​it, Fr.
"4a. " A is á long, the very broad French á, often mispronounced aw (No.4) by Englishmen.
7.     Ü ü
 long, as in kü​​​​​​​hnste, Ger.; vü, Fr.
7a.   Ú ú short, as in kü​​​​​​​nste, Ger.; hu​​​​​​​tte, Fr.
8.     Õ õ, as in Goethe, Ger. ; jeú​​​​​​​ne, Fr.
8a.   Ò ò, as in  bõ​​​​​​​cke.Ger.; jeu​​​​​​​ne, Fr.
9.     Ë ë, as in je, Fr. 
3a.  "A a , 
as in homma​​​​​​​sse, pa​​​​​​​tte, Fr.; ma​​​​​​​nn, ka​​​​​​​nn, Ger.; fat, cat, Northern English.
5a.   O o The brief sound of long vowel No. 5, as in window, Eng.; Otto, Ger.; to​​​​​​​ssa, Ital.; so​​​​​​​nne, Fr.
10,   u'n, as in din​​​​​​​don, simple, na​​​​​​​in, fa​​​​​​​im, sei​​​​​​​n, Fr.
10a.  o'n, as in jam​​​​​​​bon, emplir, em​​​​​​​ploi, sang, Fr.
10b.  o'n, as in don, fon​​​​​​​du, rom​​​​​​​pu, son, Fr.
10c.   u'n, as in un, jeunparfum, Fr.
19.    >v, the German w.
26a.   -Hl - hl, as in llall, Llywelyn, llenad, Welsh (gutteral).
25a.   -Hr -hr, as in rh​​​​​​​ag, Welsh.
26b.   Lj lj, as in fill​​​​​​​e, Fr. ; figl​​​​​​​io, Ital.; llano, Span. Portugese lh.
29a.   Nj nj, as in gn​​​​​​​e, Fr. ; sogn​​​​​​​o, Ital. ; pev​​​​​​​ia, 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.      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 prz​​​​​​​ez, Polish (, trill).

 

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