6 ALPHABETS. CAPITAL LETTERS. H Q Q G O Z NA R F P CS M. E J X Y DU K K V B W L T T I a ei ou, and sometimes w and y. CONSONANTS. b c dfgh j k l m n o q r s t v x z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHAPTER I. REGULAR SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS. part. a long, a short, a middle, a broad, e long, e short, i long, i short, o long, o short, o middle, u long, u short, u middle, hall. mete. met. pine. pin. note. not. prove. duke. duck. bush. c like z, g hard, g soft, CONSONANTS. *c hard, like k, as heard in cash. c soft, like s, cellar. c like sh, special. suffice. ch hard, chord. ch soft, chaise. ch like tch, cheese. d proper, death. d soft, like j, soldier gone. gem. gh like f, laugh. ph like f, phlegm. s sharp, saint. s soft, rose. t proper; take. t like tsh, nature t like sh, nation. th hard, thin. th soft, Thine. x flat, like gz, exalt. x sharp, like ks, extreme. Some of the consonant sounds are denoted by small capitals and Italics; all other Italic letters are silent. So many of the silent vowels are printed in Italics, as seemed necessary to convey the sounds of the syllables. The final e preceded by l and a mute is always silent. Where e final lengthens the syllable, it is printed in Roman letters. G is soft before e, i, and y—and i and y, ending an unaccented syllable, sound like e long, unless otherwise noted. * C before a, 0, and u, is hard, like k; before e, y, soft i, and like & |