CHAP. IV. THE CONSONANTS.

§ 37. The consonant-signs to be discust here both in regard to value

and occurrence in the Gothic language hav alredy been enumerated in

§ 2. We divide the consonantal sounds in +sonorous+ consonants and

+noizd sounds+. Cp. Sievers, Grundzüge der Phonetik⁴, p. 70 et seq.

Accordingly, the Gothic consonant-signs =w=, =j=, =l=, =m=, =n=, =r=,

represent the +sonorous sounds+, the rest the noizd sounds.

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