FOOTNOTES
1. Strictly, a labio-dental, pronounced with the under lip touching the upper teeth
2. The aspirates are almost wholly confined to words borrowed from the Greek. In early Latin such borrowed sounds lost their aspiration and became simply p, t, c.
3. Palatals are often classed as (1) velars, pronounced with the tongue touching or rising toward the soft palate (in the back part of the mouth), and (2) palatals, in which the tongue touches or rises toward the hard palate (farther forward in the mouth). Compare the initial consonants in key and cool , whispering the two words, and it will be observed that before e and i the k is sounded farther forward in the mouth than before a, o, or u.
4. Compare the English word Indian as pronounced in two syllables or in three.
5. In such words it is possible that the preceding consonant was labialized and that no distinct and separate consonantal u was heard.
FOOTNOTES1. Strictly, a labio-dental, pronounced with the under lip touching the upper teeth2. The aspirates are almost wholly confined to words borrowed from the Greek. In early Latin such borrowed sounds lost their aspiration and became simply p, t, c.3. Palatals are often classed as (1) velars, pronounced with the tongue touching or rising toward the soft palate (in the back part of the mouth), and (2) palatals, in which the tongue touches or rises toward the hard palate (farther forward in the mouth). Compare the initial consonants in key and cool , whispering the two words, and it will be observed that before e and i the k is sounded farther forward in the mouth than before a, o, or u.4. Compare the English word Indian as pronounced in two syllables or in three.5. In such words it is possible that the preceding consonant was labialized and that no distinct and separate consonantal u was heard.
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