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CANTONESE.

Cantonese, or Punti. [`] ['] -̀ ['-] [,] (different from comma!) [,-]; note that Cantonese has even more tones than Mandarin.] N with dot above; ṡ s with dot above; [o:] o with diaeresis below; š s with hajek; s̀ s with grave; ā a with macron; [e-] e with bar below; [°u] u with ring above.]

Ṅo[-] k[e=][`] Fu-̀ hei['] thin, ṡ[o:]uṅ-̀ k[e=][`], y[u:]n-̀ ni['-] k[e=][`] m[e=]ṅ tak, š[e=]ṅ[`]; ni['-] k[e=][`] kwok[,-] koṅ[`] lam; ni['-] k[e=][`] tš[u:]['] yi[`] tak, š[e=]ṅ tsau-̀, hei['] ti-̀ y[u:] thuṅ hei['] thin, kam['] y[o:]uṅ-̀. No['-]o['-]?] s[°u]i, yuṅ-̀ k[e=][`] l[o:]uṅ, yat yat pi['] ṅo['-]. Khau ni['-] š[=e=][`] min['-] ṅo['-] k[e=][`] tsui-̀, yan[,] wei-̀ ṅo['-] yau-̀ š[=e=][`] min['-] fān khwei, fu-̀ [.no['-] kẹ[`]; mei['-] pi['] ṅo['-] y[u:]-̀ yau['-] wāk, nāi['-] kau[`] ṅo['-] th[u:]t[,-] li huṅ, ok[,-].

CARSHUNI.

(Mesopotamia, &c.)

(Arabic in Syriac characters.)