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VOWEL SOUNDS.
| a | as in | far, father, balm, calm. |
| ă | as in | quota, America, (pronounced abruptly.) |
| ai | as in | aisle; or ie in tie, lie. |
| aw | as in | law, saw, claw. |
| aou | as ou in plough, our, sour. | |
| e | as in | they, or a in say, play. |
| ĕ | as in | let, peck, beck, (abrupt.) |
| i | as in | police, machine, magazine. |
| ĭ | as in | pit, quick, tick, (abrupt.) |
| o | as in | cone, alone, bemoan. |
| ŏ | as in | lock, stock, (abrupt.) |
| ou | as o in no, so, (prolonged & terminating in the sound of oo half suppressed.) | |
| u | as in | rule; or oo in school, boon, loom. |
| ŭ | as in | urn, turn, burn. |
| u | followed by r pronounced like ŭ, with the r half suppressed. | |
| u | followed by ng pronounced like ŭ. | |
| gn | at the beginning of a syllable much as ng at the end. | |
| mʼ | an incomplete sound formed by closing the lips and uttering it through the nose. | |