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TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS. 205

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East.

       MISSIONARY ALPHABET.

CONSONANTS. Sanskrit. Zend. Pehlevi. Persian. Arabic. Hebrew. Chinese.

       I Class.    II Class.    III Class.

Gutturales.

1 Tenuis k क

כ ك כ k

   2    Tenuis aspirata    kh        ख        
   3    Media    g    ग
   4    Media aspirata    gh    घ
   5    Gutturo-labialis    q
   6    Nasalis    ṅ (ng)    ङ
   7    Spiritus asper    h    ह
   8    Spiritus lenis    ’    
   9    Spiritus asper faucalis    ‘h    
  10    Spiritus lenis faucalis    ’h    
  11    Spiritus asper fricatus       ‘h
  12    Spiritus lenis fricatus       ’h

Gutturales modificatæ (palatales, &c.)

  13    Tenuis       k    च
  14    Tenuis aspirata       kh    छ
  15    Media       g    ज
  16    Media aspirata       gh    ज्ञ
  17    Media nasalis        ñ