OF HINDÎ AND BRAJ BHÂKHÂ GRAMMAR. BY THE LATE JAMES R. BALLANTYNE, LL.D. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: TRÜBNER AND CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1868. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] INTRODUCTION. IN representing the oriental sounds in English letters, the system of Sir William Jones has been employed, slightly modified. The vowels must, then, be pronounced as follows: viz., a as in arise; â as in far; i as in wit; as in police; u as in bush`; ú as in rule; e as in they; ai as in the Italian mai; o as in so; au as in the Italian paura. The consonants must receive their usual English sounds, except that, as regards th and ph, the compounds must be sounded as in the words "pothook" and “ 'haphazard,” not as in "this" or "thin" and "philology." |