| Characters | Sounded respectively, as in the Words in the Column below. | Names of Letters as expressed in the reformed Sounds and Characters. | Manner of pronouncing the Sounds. |
| o | Old. | o | The first Vowel naturally, and deepest sound; requires only the mouth, and breathe through it. |
* | John, folly; awl, ball. | | The next requiring the mouth opened a little more, or hollower. |
| a | Man, can. | a | The next, a little more. |
| e | Men, lend, name, lane. | e | The next requires the tongue to be a little more elevated. |
| i | Did, sin, deed, seen. | i | The next still more. |
| u | Tool, fool, rule. | u | The next requires the lips to be gathered up, leaving a small opening. |
* | Um, un; as in umbrage, unto, &c. and as in er. | | The next a very short vowel, the sound of which we should express in our present letters thus, uh; a short, and not very strong aspiration. |
| h | Hunter, happy, high. | huh | A stronger or more forcible aspiration. |
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| g | Give, gather, | gi | The first Consonant; being formed by the root of the tongue; this is the present hard g. |
| k | Keep, kick. | ki | A kindred sound; a little more acute; to be used instead of the hard c. |
* | (sh) Ship, wish. | ish | A new letter wanted in our language; our sh, separately taken, not being proper elements of the sound. |
* | (ng) ing, repeating, among, | ing | A new letter wanted for the same reason:—These are formed back in the mouth. |
| n | End. | en | Formed more forward in the mouth; the tip of the tongue to the roof of the mouth. |
| r | Art. | r | The same; the tip of the tongue a little loose or separate from the roof of the mouth, and vibrating. |
| t | Teeth. | ti | The tip of the tongue more forward; touching, and then leaving, the roof. |
| d | Deed. | di | The same; touching a little fuller. |
| l | ell, tell. | el | The same; touching just about the gums of the upper teeth. |
| s | Essence. | es | This sound is formed by the breath passing between the moist end of the tongue and the upper teeth. |
| z | (ez) Wages. | ez | The same; a little denser and duller. |
* | (th) Think | e | The tongue under, and a little behind, the upper teeth; touching them, but so as to let the breath pass between. |
* | (dh) Thy. | e | The same; a little fuller. |
| f | Effect. | ef | Formed by the lower lip against the upper teeth. |
| v | Ever. | ev | The same; fuller and duller. |
| b | Bees. | b | The lips full together, and opened as the air passes out. |
| p | Peep. | pi | The same; but a thinner sound. |
| m | Ember. | em | The closing of the lips, while the e [here annexed] is sounding. |