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“...the German words Korper, body ; Roche, coats ; ofter,
oftener : the nearest sound to which in English is that of e in her, and
in the French that of eu in peur : b when followed by n and i, is
always long, as in lbwe, lion ; schon, beautiful: bi is like the sound
of o in the German word Sohne; or as oe in das Oehr, the ear of a
needle : u as in the French word tuer, to kill, or the German word
Bucher, books: the u is somewhat broader than u, as in the Chinese
word su, a book, as pronounced at Shanghai. The thin consonants
f k p s t, are used in the upper tones, and have the same power
as in English; their corresponding thick consonants v, g hard, b z d,
are used in the lower tones: I m n are generally in the lower tones ;
w h and y belong to upper and lower tones, but the lower tones are
marked with Italic initial letters. Ng is pronounced as in sing, or as
the initial Hebrew J/ is pronounced by the Portuguese Jews : ny is
like the Spanish tilded n in the word mahana: gy is soft ; much
like...”
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