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Rh strength to both. There, however, exist many instances in Sindhi in which ज़ or ग़ do not represent a double letter;

and many others. It is only fair, however, to explain that Sindhi is one of the languages which I only know from books, and have only once heard spoken, and that I take the above words from Stack, while the theory of the origin of these sounds comes from Trumpp. It is possible that the latter author would not write the above words with the dotted letter, as he generally condemns Stack for inaccuracy. The remark therefore must be taken with this modification. Trumpp's description of the sounds certainly confirms the view he takes. He writes, "You shut your mouth and express a dull sound, then open the mouth, and allow the g (j, d, or b) to sound forth." This is just the way in which the Italians pronounce ebbi, poggio, maremma, with a dwelling on the first of the two letters, ebb-bi, pojj-jo, maremm-ma. He adds in another place, "These four sounds, which are originally doubled, have now, however, established themselves more or less as single independent sounds. They are found consequently in many words in which VOL. I.