in pin--p[)i]n

[~i] ([~e]) as in bird--b[~i]rd

[:i] ([=e]) as in police--pol[:i]ce

i[e=] ([=e]) as in chief--chi[=e]f

[=o] as in old--[=o]ld

[^o] as in lord--l[^o]rd

[)o] as in not--n[)o]t

[.o] ([)u]) as in son--s[.o]n

[o.] ([u.]) as in wolf--w[o.]lf

[o:] ([=oo]) as in do--d[o:]

oa ([=o]) as in boat--b[=o]at

[=oo] ([o:]) as in moon--m[=oo]n

[)oo] ([o.]) as in foot--f[)oo]t

[=u] as in pure--p[=u]re

[)u] as in cup--c[)u]p

[^u] as in burn--b[^u]rn

[u.] ([o.]) as in full--f[u.]ll

[u:] as in rude--r[u:]de

ew ([=u]) as in new

[=y] ([=i] as in fly--fl[=y]

[)y] ([)i]) as in hymn--h[)y]mn

[~y] ([~e]) as in myrrh--m[~y]rrh

CONSONANTS

c (s) as in cent

c (k) as in cat

ce (sh) as in ocean

ch (k) as in school

ch (sh) as in machine

ci (sh) as in gracious

dg (j) as in edge

ed (d) as in burned

ed (t) as in baked

f (v) as in of

g (hard) as in get

g (j) as in gem

gh (f) as in laugh

n (ng) as in ink

ph (f) as in sulphur

qu (kw) as in queen

s (z) as in has

s (sh) as in sure

s (zh) as in pleasure

ssi (sh) as in passion

si (zh) as in occasion

ti (sh) as in nation

wh (hw) as in when

x (z) as in Xavier

x (ks) as in tax

x (gz) as in exist

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DEFINITIONS

LANGUAGE is the expression of thought by means of words.

WORDS, with respect to their _origin_, are divided into _primitive_
and _derivative_; and with respect to their _composition_, into _simple_
and _compound_.

A PRIMITIVE word is one that is not derived from another word.

A DERIVATIVE word is one that is formed from another word by means
of prefixes or suffixes, or by some other change.

A SIMPLE word is one that consists of a single significant term.

A COMPOUND word is one made up of two or more simple words.

A SENTENCE is a combination of words which make complete sense.

A SYLLABLE is a word or a part of a word pronounced by one effort
of the voice.

The DIAERESIS is the mark [..] placed over the second of two
adjacent vowels, to denote that they are t