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In the Moorh alphabet the long vowels, and the two first nasals of the Devunaguri system are wanting.

The pronunciation of nearly all the characters will be evident on comparing them with the Roman letters placed by them, to represent their sounds, but some of the sounds, particularly those of the, and , cannot be acquired without a teacher.

1. The letters are fifty in number, of which thirty-four are consonants, and sixteen vowels.

2. The first twenty-five consonants are called, classed, being formed into five regular classes ; and the last nine are called , miscellaneous.