Table of Sounds

In the orthoëpy given in the vocabularies, the vowels used represent the following sounds:-

1	a	short as in fat	fat
2	â	long like a in far	fâr
3	e	short as in wet	wet
4	ê	long as in where	whêre
5	á	short and acute as in fate	fáte
6	ā	longer than a in fame	fāme
7	i	short as in wit	wit
8	ĕ	short as in we	wĕ
9	ee	long as in wee	wee
10	o	short as in cot	cot
11	ô	long as in cord	côrd
12	ó	short and acute as in photo	phóto
13	ō	long as in fold	fōld
14	u	short as in shun	shun
15	û	long as in jeûne	zhûn
16	ū	short like ou in would	wūd
17	oo	long like ooe in wooed	wooed

The English i as in fire is represented by ae~.

The consonants are pronounced as in English, with the following exceptions:-

Ch is not hard like k, nor soft as in chase, but always guttural, as in loch, trachle.

Dd, tt, ll, and nn represent a very soft sound of these consonants, in forming which the tongue, near the tip, touches the upper gum.

Ly and ny represent a peculiar modification of the sounds of l and n, effected by placing the centre of the tongue against the roof of the mouth when pronouncing these consonants. The l is rather softer than in million, and the n softer than the first n in pinion.