The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the following is the Key:—
VOWELS
ā, as in fate, or in bare.
ä, as in alms, Fr. âme, Ger. Bahn = á of Indian names.
a˙, the same sound short or medium, as in Fr. bal, Ger. Mann.
a, as in fat.
a¨, as in fall.
a, obscure, as in rural, similar to u in but, ė in her: common in Indian names.
ē, as in me = i in machine.