CARNATACA LANGUAGE, The same letter pronounced long, and expressed in Roman characters by ó. Has the sound of ow in the words cow, now, how, &c. ; but being evidently compounded of and 2, it may be better expressed by their corresponding letters in the Roman character. This letter is pronounced sometimes like m, and at others like n, according to the particular consonant which it may happen to precede. May be expressed in Roman characters by atrad Is like the hard Englisk c in the words command, cause, curtain, &c. Is pronounced with a strong aspiration; and may be expressed in Roman characters by cba. Is the hard g in the words great, gone, ground. Is a strong aspirated letter, bearing the same relation to ga, as cha does to ca; and may, therefore, be written gha. Has no letter resembliog it in any European tongue ; it is pronounced something like the French ag in the words manger, arranger, &c, Has the sound of ch in the words church, charm, cheek, &c. Is a strong aspirated letter, and may be expressed by .ch,h. Is pronounced like the English j in the words judge, jew, jessamine, &c. Digitized by Google
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