All other consonants are semivowels, and are pronounced with a continuous sound. The sound may be continued so long as the breath lasts; but in the case of mutes the sound must stop with the explosive utterance.

II. The SUBVOCALS and ASPIRATES are shown in the vertical columns of the table below. The subvocals are sometimes called voice consonants and the aspirates breath consonants. These are fit terms, for they indicate the basis of classification.

III. Labials, LINGUA-DENTALS, and PALATALS constitute a classification of the consonants with respect to the place of formation. Bead the table from left to right. The lips have most to do with making the labial sounds; the lingua-dentals are formed at the point of the tongue in contact with the teeth, the palatals between the tongue and hard and soft palate.

Consonant Table.

Subvocals.
(Voice.)		 Aspirates.
(Breath.)
Labials.
(Lips.)		{b..................... p
v..................... f
w.....................wh
m
Lingua-
Dentals.
(Point of
tongue.)		{d..................... t
z..................... s
th(sonant)......(non-sonant) th
l
n
r
Palatals.
(Between
tongue
and
palate.)		{zh.....................sh
j.....................ch
g..................... k
y
h
ng

EIGHTH YEAR.

[First Month.]
SYLLABLES.

Syllable literally means taken together.

A SPOKEN SYLLABLE is an elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single impulse of the voice. It constitutes a word or a part of a word.

A WRITTEN or printed syllable is a part of a word separated from the rest, and capable of pronunciation by a single impulse of the voice.