Item 02: Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages, by Rev. William Ridley, 2nd ed. (Sydney, 1875) - Page 15
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Kamilaroi Grammar.
The Aborigines of Australia having no written language, the use of European letters to express their vocables is to some extent arbitrary. In accordance with the practice of those who have reduced to writing the Polynesian languages, five English vowels and sixteen consonants are used in this grammar, to represent the sounds hereunder attached to them. Throughout this work, in adopting the words in other Australian languages which have been furnished by the several writers to whom I am indebted for information, I have taken the liberty of spelling them according to this system, so as to compare them with Kamilaroi.
ā as a in father
a as a in mat
ē as ey in obey
e as e in net
ī as i in ravine
i as i in it
ō as o in tōne
o as o in on
ū as oo in moon
u as u in tun
ai as i in wine
ao as ow in how
oi as oi in noise
b as in bad
d as in do
g as in goose
h as in hat
j as in James
K as in kin
l as in lot
me as in me