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 G g, is only used, with a hard sound, before a, o, u, as in the word—garden. This letter keeps the same sound in ending syllables, and sometimes becomes nasal, as we shall see here-after.

H h, before a vowel, is the sign of a soft aspiration.

R r, has always a very soft sound, something like the r in the French word—j'aimerai, I will love.

X x, is pronounced, like sh in the word she, or the German sch, in the word schaf, sheep.

'Y y, is used to represent a sound, like ii, as the i consonant in Italian, or the German j in the words—Jagd, Jäger, Jeder.

Nh. This compound sound is perfectly equivalent to the French gn in the word mignon, delicate.

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Ba, be, bo.—These syllables, in some words, are nasal, that is, they are pronounced, as if they had an m before:=mba, mbe, mbo.

Na, ne, ni, no—are, also, pronounced with