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•n ;HUELCHE GRAMl\JAR
'.rbe alphabet of the Tehuelche language may be said to con–
sist cf tbe following letters a.ncl souncls :
a,
b,
o, oh,
d,
e,
g,
h,
';,, j,
k, l,
ni,
n, o,
p,
r,
s, sh, t, th,
1t,
w,
y, z.
The vowels are:
a, e,
i,
o,
it.
Tbe double vowels or cliphthongs are:
ai, a.1t, ei, ei, eu, oi, ou.
The pronunciation of the letters
J.
The vo·icels :
a,
long as
infather, tar;
frencb souncls,
face;
spanish sounds,
caro.
a,
tbe same open sound but , horter; frencb sonnds,
pas;
spa.–
nisb sounds,
oa.r ro.
e,
long as
a
in
cane,
fa.te;
frencb sounds,
fée;
spanish sounds,
pero,feo.
e,
sbort as in
bed, met;
frenel1 sotm<ls,
niettre;
spanish sounds,
perro.
e('),
short as
e
in
plcwe:s,
songster.
i,
always as
i
111
pit,
lül;
french souncls,
jils; ,
panish souuds,
hijo.
o,
long as in
note, throne;
fre11cb souncls,
globe;
spanish
sounds,
ho1·a..
o,
shorter, but still open, a8 iu the french wonl,
gotte;
spa-
nish sounds,
con.
11.,
as in
f itll,
pull;
french soun<ls,
bonle;
spa,nisb sounds,
{itil.
:J.
'J'he do1ible-vo'IVels or diphthongs :
l<}a,ch single vowel of a rliphtbong mue;t be prononuced by its
own sonn<l but so t ha,t
t.hediphthong form bnt one syllable, viz :
( 1 );
has t.hiri ::!hort .-:;ot1u1l Uel'o1·c :111
r,
as
f'111~1·, lml.-~1-.