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THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.

Chap. X.

THE DESERÉT ALPHABET.
VOCAL SOUNDS. 𐐘 . . Ga

𐐙 . . F

𐐚 . . V

𐐛 . . Eth

𐐜 . . The

𐐝 . . S

𐐞 . . Z

𐐟 . . Esh

𐐠 . . Zhe

𐐑 . . Ur

𐐒 . . L

𐐣 . . M

𐐀 . . N

π₯ . . Eng
The sounds of the letters 𐐆, (fit,) 𐐇, (net,) 𐐈, (fat,) 𐐉, (cot,) 𐐊, (nut,) 𐐋 (foot.) are heard in the words
𐐕, (chee-se,) 𐐘, (ga-te,) 𐐛, (s-eth,) 𐐜, (the,) 𐐟, (fl-esh.) are heard in the words
𐐑 is like ir in st-ir; are is made by the combination of 𐐈𐐑; π₯ is heard in l-eng-th.

Learn this Alphabet and appreciate its advantages.

Long.

𐐀 . . E

𐐁 . . A

𐐂 . . Ah

𐐃 . . Aw

𐐄 . . O

𐐅 . . Oo

Double.

𐐌 . . I

𐐍 . . Ow

𐐎 . . Woo

𐐏 . . Ye

Aspirate.

𐐐 . . H

Articulate
Sounds.

𐐑 . . P

𐐒 . . B

𐐓 . . T

𐐔 . . D

𐐕 . . Che

𐐖 . . G

𐐗 . . K
Short.
𐐆

𐐇

𐐈

𐐉

𐐊

𐐋
This
column
of
letters
are
the
short
sounds
of the
above.


The lady's "wicked Welshman"β€”I suppose she remembered the well-known line anent the sons of the Cymriβ€”

"Taffy is a Welshman, Taffy is a thief"β€”

is no Cambrian, but an aborigine of Leek, Staffordshire, England, and was from 1888 to 1848 an excise officer in her majesty's In-

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