SOUNDS OF CONSONANTS.

The consonants have their common English sounds: _c_, like _k_, always;

_ch_, like _kh_, in _work-house_; _cw_, like _qu_; _dh_, like English

_th_ in a similar word, as _ódher_, other, _dódh_, doth; _g_, like _g_ in

_go_, always; _h_, very distinct; _hw_, like _wh_ in New England; _i_ (=

_j_), before a vowel, like _y_; _s_, like _s_ in _so_; _t_, like _t_ in

_to_; _th_, like _th_ in _thin_; _w_, like _w_; _wl_, _wr_, and final _w_

nearly close the lips; _x_, like _ks_.

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