| English vowel; as _beno_ (beh'noh) | e, eh
| |
F, f | (fo) as in English | f
| |
G, g | (go) like _g_ in _go_, _give_, as _gasto_ |
| (gah'stoh), and never like _g_ in _gem_, |
| _allege_ | g
| |
GX, gx | (jo) like _g_ in _gem_, _general_, and _j_ |
| in _jovial_; as _gxeni_ (jeh'nee) | j
| |
H, h | (ho) as in English | h
| |
HX, hx | (hxo) like _ch_ in Scotch _loch_, _ch_ in |
| German _hoch_, _j_ in Spanish _mujer_. This |
| guttural sound is practically a very |
| strongly aspirated _h_, and may be made by |
| trying to pronounce "ho" with the throat |
| arranged as for saying _k_:--_hxoro_ |
| (khoro), _hxino_ (khino) | _kh_
| |
I, i | (ee) like _ee_ in _seen_, as _li_ (lee). In |
| unaccented syllables, and before two |
| consonants together, this _i_ practically |
| becomes the _i_ in _it_ or in _wind_; as |
| _ferminte_ (fehrr-min'teh) | ee, i
| |
J, j | (yo) *always* like _y_ in _yet_, as _jes_ |
| (yehss), _vojo_ (vo'yo), and never like _j_ |
| in _judge_, _joke_ | y
| |
| It should be remembered that _j_ is _always |
| a consonant_, with the sound of the English |
| _y_ in _you_. Of course, when _j_ occurs at |
| the end of a word or before a consonant, it |
| practically unites with the preceding vowel |
| to form a diphthong, and loses the full |
| consonantal sound which it has before a |
| vowel. Thus: |
|