PHONETIC KE Y=

VOWELS CONSONANTS
@, as in father D, t, k, 1, m, n, 5, w, y, hy 7,2 as in
G, as in hat Englis
e, as in fate q, velar k
i, as in pique D’, t, RS, 9°, aspirated surds
0, as in note Pp, t, by 4, glottalized stops
u, as in rule #, anterior palatal &
a, as in but k, anterior palatal $
€, aS In met b, d, intermediate between surd and
t, as in Ait ones :
v, as in put d, glottalized intermediate

dj, as in jam

c, as sh in shell

7, spirantal /

#,t+?

#, glottalized #

*, as in Scottish, Jock

x, velar x, as in German, ach

#, anterior palatal +, as in German,
ich

s, peculiar s sound, apparently velar.

a, obscure vowel like a in idea

*, exponent vowels, voiced but
slighted in enunciation. The
same device is used for con-
sonants slighted in enuncia-
tion.

-, for example, a-, or ¢-, indicates lengthening of preceding vowel or consonant
’, indicates a glottal stop
*, indicates aspiration

", indicates accentuation of the syllable so marked.

*Based on the simpler system described in Phonetic Transcription of Indian
Languages, (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 66, No. 6, Washington
(1916), pp. 2-7).

*The r sound was used only by one old man and several of his children and
grandchildren.