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I urn" ' !< ■ n\^v-6!-.^ CX'Aaaju^ QfluL-uAjL Methodical, Easy and Complete DP]XE SYLLABARY. 1I7M A (E ]•: 1 O U A IE S:(: <] > [> t> A V ^l'-^"" H < > > > A V " H < > > > A V // R < > > > A V II W < > > > /K V llw ^ > ^ ^ ^ \^ TDd) C D 3 3 n U T 'fh a D D D Q D T a D D D Q O PBCijdDDDQU ^ (1.)' K G, Kr E 3 3 5 m UU ' H, KU a B B B QQ CD ^ K,Kr a B S B DQ tt) V •^- c J J) 3 n o > - M £. 3 j3 3 '^l lu < IVitli A IE E I U Y (2 9 G) © Q ©i-l/o/iH Q Q\ \Q \Q \Q Q ^ iv> e^ ^ i9 ® S S 1. c D o Q Q a 1 Tl c D !D D Q u f a O © Q u I Tf a D O 13 Q Tl' £2 G S B C2 ts (3) Z c J) 3 n u z z T/. I)z G D 3 Q i!i (4) S e 3 3 3 5T^ U5 B S Sh fcB B B B ffi ttt ^ Clt a B B B »? ffi Ts s 3 3 3 m (U Ts a B B - Acres' B (8 CO Hiatus '•;< EXPLANATOBt NOTES. (1; These letlers are not diftbrcntiatetl in I)enc. (2) ^ is tiie nasal n. (3) z is the French/ (4) fi is phonetioallj' intermediato bttween s and s. The vowels as in Italian, except in as the e in Fr. je, tc. — The r of Ki% ICr is hartlly perceptible, jif, y are very guttural. R is the result of uvulair vibra- tionjii. Kh^ Th =k+h, '+/«. Q almost = iy. /' is a peculiarly f ^lant I. .The dot accompanying consonants represents the exploding soiind (i-endcrod by ( in- corporated in the signs). * is prefixecl to proper naines, and o is sufiixod to cyllftWot* the vowel of which it ii nocesimry to render long. The rest as in Engl. X. ('K ./I 'm -yf tf^YOU arc rcspccffulli/ request' 'I to read the folkwing amfidhj."^ z S03*IE OF TUB Advantages of the New Syllabary. I.— The direction <£ the cAi-vc or angle of cjich sign infaltibly dotormiccs tho nature of the vowel added to the fundamental consonant of each syllable, niul this direction h alicatjs perceived without the least effort of tho mind. In tho Ci-cc Alphabet such as given in Pctilot's Graminafrc raisomee, this direc- tion on whfch depends the vowel of the syllabic is either difficult to discem or governed by no fixed rules. Thus, in that Syllabary, c^ points to tho right, b to the left, (5 upwaixls, i-^ downwunls, thoiajh tho consonants expressed hy these differenthj turned signs are all in eonnectiun tcifh the s.vjie vowel a Hen- ce contusion — with co-relative difficulty — for the mind of the pupil. II. — All tho cognate sounds arc rendercil in tlie new syllables by similarly foriried char»ictoi"s the general shape of which denotes Iho phonetic group to Avhich they belong, while their intrinsic malificatious ilctoi'niinc the nature of the jwrticular sound they represent. Thus the dentals are expressed by a single curve; the gutturals by a double cui-ve; the soft sibihuits by a curve with un- dulating cxtrelnilieB ; the haixl sibilants byadditldo curve with like extrem- ities, etc. Therefore our 30 sets of letlei*s are pnictieally reduced to 9, viz.; <]CC[£QQQIC;g. So that the pu]til who has become familiar TiV-ith these 9 signs may almost be said to have mastered tho whole Alphabet; for another good point in its favor is that 111.— The modifications of each fundamenttU character take pkco internally and in conformity with logical aiid therefore easily learnt rules. To illustrate this remark, we will refer to tho sign £. Tho student who already possesses tho aforesaid* 9 principil signs will fpcognize it at sight — through its double undulating curve— as a hard sibilant Avhich, being att'ectcd by no motlification, must bo given tho pririiary hissing sound /S'«. I^t us now insert therein the perpendicular lino which, when used as an internal accretion lo a sign, corres- ponds to tho h of the Roman Alphabet (ns in < hra, < hiva, Q tfui, a l-ha), and we obtain Q sha. Should we cross tho end of its horizontal lino, wo will thereby add a t to that sign \<'hich will then become g tsha or cha. In li- ke manner, £ may bo changed into g tsa which in its turn is liable to bo transformed into Q tsa. Q, £, etc. may also become Q, g. etc. —This logic and consequent facility are sadly wanting in tho old Syllabary which is made up of discopnccted signs mwiy of which are difterentiated only by addi- tipnftl and eaifernai sipaller signs (/S 'E 'U 'S ha' l3< <^ " < ^), &c. Note also the transformation of 5 into s, sh; z into z, zh or J, etc. through the insertion of the i or modifying h of the largo characters. — ^Thc old Al])habct not only lacks this method ^iv\ resulting simplicity, but it would seem as if its inventor had purposedly con- trived to render its acquisition unduly difficult to the wJutc student by giving to 8 the value of I, to z that of >Q-g> with the new system. In conclusion, wc may be i>ormittetl lo state as illustrative of the practical Worth of the new Syllabary that through it Indians of common intelligence have learnt to read in one week's Icasuii iy study befoi-e they had any Primer or printed matter of any kind to holjj them on, Wc even knoAV of a young man who performed the feat in the s])ace of two evenings. 18-FOB FUETBEn PARTICULARS APPIA' TO THE Eev. A. G, MOKICE O.M.I. STUABT'S LAKE, via QUESNBLLE, B.C. < ' -i—iAw ^.ttu.-". "laiiiw. -M^^iii^^ . ^nmf i^jsmmmi^tti ia'mi t tmf ii m w 'his ni'Litrary inetimos pre- ', fust! the mind rily difficult. 8 form indica- nstance is any aluo, and tlio t main or syl- ■h aro moi-ely vortical linen sformatJon of or modifying s method {»nd rposedly con- 3nt by giving conceded that which are in- iiow the num- no other ren- in connection vowel sounds ral dialects 05 !tion between ivhicb rondel's jyllabic signs, d intan-ehare, three consecu- new system. ' the practical n intelligence I any Primer V of a young EICE O.M.I. ^iinsmiae^Sif^*^'-'' M^nrfh i^;:a