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8, in the order in which they are usually placed by Grammarians, they are exhibited distinct from the connected vowels. 17. The consonants have not peculiar appellations, like the connected vowels; but are named in the same manner as the initial vowels; viz. by affixing to them the Sanscrit word karumoo; thus,  bukarumoo bee,  dukarumoo dee, &c. To distinguish the letter r from  rru, the term  rrukarumoo is applied to the latter only; the  r retains its original Sanscrit name,  rēpꞕu.

18. The ten consonants kꞕu,  gnu,  dzu,  ju,  nyu,  tu,  nu,  bu,  lu, and  rru, have the sound of the first vowel  u, inherent; and are therefore represented in English characters by syllables; thus kꞕu, ju, &c., but all the other consonants specified above, in order to obtain utterance, must be joined to some of the connected vowels. It is of much importance to the reader clearly to understand, that neither the consonants, nor the connected vowels, exactly correspond with what European authors call a letter. They have been separated from each other, merely with the view to facilitate the progress of the