PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY.

SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS.

Vowels.

Fate, far, fall, fat, a (obscure), as in organ, oval; ah, inter-
mediate between 4 and 4, as in al-a-bah’-ma; 44 or 4 long;
mé, mét, e, as in berth, ravel; pine or pine, pin, i, as in firm,
evil; nd, nét, o, as in sermon, harbor; 00, as in moon; 66, as
in good; dw, as in now; @, as in tube; ti, as in tub; ti, the
French eu, nearly like u in tub, or fur; y and ey, at end of
unaccented syllable, like e in me; ai and ay, like a in fate;
au and aw, as a in fall; &@, asiin pit; dw or au, as now or our.

Consonants.
Th as in thin; TH, as in this; p, as TH, in this; G and
K, sound of the German ch, somewhat like our h, strongly

aspirated. fi indicates a blending of the sounds of n and y;
i, a blending of land y; x and n and Né, nasal, like our ng;
R, like rr in terror; , like our v. Pronounce all other letters
as in English.

The primary or principal accent is marked thus ('); the
secondary, thus (‘).

In determining the correct pronunciation of a word, first
sound the separate syllables distinctly, repeating the process
several times; afterward pronounce the whole word smoothly
and continuously, being careful to mark the accents; e.g.
Nevada, na-va’-d4, nay-vah’-dah; Apache, 4-p4’-cha, ah-
pah’-chay; Canada, kan’-a-da, kan’-ith-dth.

A.

Abyssinia, ab-is-sin’-e-a.
Aconcagua, 4-kon-ka/-gwa.
Adelsberg, 4/-dels-bérg'.
Adriatic, ad‘-re-at/-ic.
Afghanistan, 4f-g4n‘-is-tan’.
Agulhas, 4-gool’-yAs.
Alabama, al-a-bah’-ma.
Alaska, 4l-4s’-k4.
Albemarle, al-be-marl’.
Aleutian, a-lu’-she-an.
Algiers, 4l-jeerz’.
Alleghanies, al-le-ga’-nees.
Altamaha, 4l-ta-ma-haw’.
Amazon, am/-a-zon,
Amboyna, 4m-boi’-na.
Amoo, 4-moo’.

Amoor, 4-moor’.

Anahuac, 4n-4-w4ck’.
Anatolia, 4n-a-td’-le-a.
Anticosti, an-te-kos’-tee.
Antilles, 4n‘-teel’.
Antisana, 4n-te-s4/-n4.
Appalachicola, ap‘-pa-lah‘-che-ko’-la.
Apennines, ap’-en-ninz'.
Appalachian, ap-pa-la’/-che-an.
Apsheron, 4p-sha-ron’.
Ararat, 4r’-a-rat*.

 

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Archangel, ark-dn’-jel.
Arequipa, 4-r-kee’-pa.
Arizona, ar‘-i-zo’-na.
Arkansas, ar-kan’-sas.
Armenia, ar-mee’-ne-a.
Arveiron, 4r‘-vi-ron’.
Asia, 4’-she-a, not 4/-zhe-a.
Atacama, 4-t4-k4’-ma.
Athabasca, ath’-a-bas’-ka.
Auckland, 4wk’-land.
Auvergne, 6'-vairh’.
Azores, a2z’/-Grs, or az-orz!.
Azov, 42/-ov’, or 4-zov’.

B.

Babylonian, bab-e-lo’-ne-an.

Bahamas, ba-ha’-ma.

Baikal, bi’-k4l.

Baku, ba‘-koo’.

Balkan, bal-k4n’.

Balkash, bal'-kash’.

Baltimore, bawl’-te-more, or bawlt/-e-
mor. .

Banda, ban’-da.

Barbadoes, bar-bd/-doz.

Batavia, ba-t4’-ve-a.

Baton Rouge, bat’-on-roozh.

Bedouins, bed’-oo-inz.

Beled-el-Jerid, bél’-ed-el-jer-eed’.

Beloochistan, bel-oo'-chis-tan’.

Belor, or Bolor, bé-lor’.

Bengal, bén-gawl’.

Berlin, ber’-lin.

Bermudas, ber-moo’-daz.

Bernina, bér-nee’-na.

Bohemian, bo-hee’-me-an.

Bolivia, bo-liv’-e-a. (Spanish pron.,
bo-lee’-ve-4. )

Bombay, bom-ba’.

Boothia Felix, boo’-the-& fe’-liks.

Bourbon, biir’-bon.

Brahmapootra, brah‘-ma-poo’-tra.

Brazos, brah’-zos.

Buenos Ayres, bo’-nos 4/-riz, or bo’-
nos airz, (Spanish pron., bw4/-noce
i/-rés.)

C.
Cairo, ki’-ro.
Calabria, ka-14/-bre-a.
Calcutta, kal-ktit’-ta.
Cambodia, kam-bd/-de-a.

 

fate, far, fAll, f4t, mé, mat, pine, pin, nd, nbt, organ, berth, firm, sermon, tibe, tiib, thin, ris.

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