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10 which is termed bound to the head, invariably retains its place at the top of the consonants to which it can be attached, unless its situation is occupied by another symbol.

22. For the same reason also, in adding to the consonants gꞕ,  jꞕ,  m,  y, and  h, the long vowel  a, which is affixed to the latter part of these letters, the  affixed to the former part, is not removed; thus,  ma,  ya, &c.: but as the consonant  h already terminates with a symbol resembling  a, when that vowel is added to this letter, it is written thus,  the mark  being substituted for  a.

23. Instead of adding the long vowel ee, to the consonants,  gꞕ,  jꞕ,  sh, and  s, the short vowel  i, with the symbol, is frequently used to represent its sound; thus, we may write either  see or  see. In such cases, the symbol, which is named long, is to be considered as lengthening the short vowel  i, rather than as representing the long vowel  a; indeed this sign, in two other instances, is used to lengthen the short vowels; as  oo, from  oo, and  roo, from  roo.

24. In adding the long vowel ee, to the letter  m, it must always be written in the manner above mentioned; thus,  mee, never : in adding it to the consonant  h, it is written thus  hee, or. The vowel i, or  ee, can never be added to the consonant  y: to express, in Teloogoo letters, the sounds yi, or yee, we write the consonant  y; in the former case, without the  u,, and in the latter, with the , and under it we place its double form  y, thus  nĕyi, ghe, , Iyeeta chĕttoo, this date tree.

25. In adding the short vowel ŏ or  ŏ, to the consonants  gꞕ,  jꞕ,  m, and  y, it is invariably written in the latter form, never in the former shape; thus,  mŏ,  yŏ, &c., and in adding to these consonants the long vowel  ō or  o, it is also written in the latter form only; but, in this case, the last part of these consonants themselves are considered as representing the  of ; and, therefore, instead of adding  to the consonant, the  or