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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt:...e. AT, 0. 1. 2. oou(P) German au. From 3. to 5. (?) aov0, with tightened lips, aov(p before mutes and hisses. From 6. to 8. a0, aip. When short before vowels it may perhaps have been always a/3. B, 0. (?) b initial, £ = German w, between vowels. From 1. to 7. 0. In 8. /3 or v. See p. 47, note. T before sounds of o, o, ov. In 0. g initial and y = Dutch g, between vowels. From 1. to 8. y. See p. 47, note, r before sounds of c, i, v. In 0. to 3. (?) y. From 4. to 7. (?) palatal as g in German siegen. In 8. y. IT, 0. to 8. 7 r, where yl = ng in sing, and P was sounded as above. TK, 0. to 6. (?) 7,k = nk in think, varying to yyg, &c, compare Mil, NT. In 7. (?) and 8. yx g as ng in linger, and, when initial, g only. TX, 0. to 8. 7 X, where y = ng in sing, and X was sounded as below. A, 0. (?) very dental d, when initial, but S = th in soothing, between vowels. From 1. to 8. always S. See p. 47, note. E, 0. (?) corresponding to subsequent E, H, EI. In 1. and 2. probahly variable when long, having the sounds afterwards written H, EI, which see. From 1. to 8. short, as e, e in met, French e, Italian e aperto. EI, 0. & 1. possibly e'f, as «t Spanish, Italian, or French in conseil. In 2. at least occasionally l, or ee in see; and perhaps occasionally et, cases inseparable. In 3. I more common (?). From end of 4. to 8. J universal. ET, refer to AT. In 0. 1. 2. eov (?) Italian eu. From 3. to 5. (?) eov0, with tightened lips, emiip before mutes and hisses. From 6. to 8. e/3, eip. When short before vowels it may perhaps have been always e/8. F in 0. & 1. (?) ov, forming a diphthong with following vowel as « in Italian uomo, uovo, Spanish huevo; but B before a consonant. Z, 0. (?) some substitute for the original sound which generated Sanscrit,/....