6 ALPHABETS. CAPITAL LETTERS. H Q Q G O Z N NA R F P C S M. E J X Y DU K V B W L T I I a ei ou, and sometimes w and y. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHAPTER I. . REGULAR SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS. a long, as heard in hate. a short, hat. a middle, part. a broad, hall. e long, mete. e short, met. i long, pine. i short, pin. o long, note. short, not. o middle, prove. u long, duke. u short, duck. u middle, bush. . . g hard, g soft, CONSONANTS. *c hard, like k, as heard in cash. c soft, likes, cellar. c like sh, special. c like z, suffice. ch hard, chord. ch soft, chaise. ch like tch, cheese. d proper, death. d soft, like j, soldier 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 Y: soft like &. . |
