A few NOTES on the STRUCTURE of YAHGAN.
BY T. BRIDGES.

Alphabetic Key.

Ɑ a, a in haze. E e, e in men. Ɛ ɛ, ea in each. I i, i in ill.
Ą ą, a in flask. A ɑ, a in at. Ɵ ɵ, a in all. O o, o in ox.
Ų ų, oo in food. Ω ω, oo in foot. Ơ ơ, oi in oil. Į į, i in isle.
Ѡ ɷ, oe in hoe. U u, u in us. Ȣ ɤ, ou in our. Ƨ ƨ, er in herd.

[N.B.—This last vowel is written Ƨ ƨ, and is only used in foreign words in translations or otherwise introduced, and is sounded as ear in earth. Its printed form might be represented by Ƨ as a capital and ƨ as a small letter.]

ALL the consonants of English, save x and q, are in use, and have their proper sounds only; thus, c is hard like k, g as in ‘lag;’ s is always sharp. Also, the combinations of letters used in English are not used in Yahgan, but for these we have separate letters; thus, Ꞓ ç is ch in ‘chap,’ Ʃ ʃ is sh in ‘she,’ Ŧ ŧ is th in ‘thin’ and Б đ th in ‘the,’ K k is the ch of the Germans, Ł ɬ the ll of the Welsh, Ɍ ɍ is an aspirated and trilled r, Ɲ ᵰ is an aspirated n (almost kn), Ŋ ŋ is ng in ‘sing,’ Ʒ ʒ is s in ‘pleasure,’ or the j of French; whilst Z z is the common z. Three marks, written over the vowels only, (and their sounds always precede them) are: ´ = h, ` = y, ¯ = w. These sometimes unite, as ¯́ = hw, and ˆ = hy. Samples in English words: ƨ̄̄ŧ, worth; ƨ̀z, years; ų̀, ewe or you or yew; Ų̂, Hugh, or hew or hue; ų́, who; á, hay; ā, way or weigh; à, yea; éƨ, hair or hare; ēƨ, ware or wear; ḗƨ, where; ųz, ooze; ų̀z, yews or use; ų́z, whose; ót, hot; ōʃ, wash; ōç, watch; ṓt, what.