SATHER

The Latin Letters are thus written :

Capitals. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVX Y Z.

Small, or common. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv x y z.

Of these Letters, six are named Vowels; a, e, i, o, u, y.
The rest are called consonants.

A vowel makes a full and perfect sound of itself, as e.
A consonant cannot be sounded without a vowel, as be.
Consonants are divided into liquids, double letters, and

mutes.

The liquids are l, m, n, r: The double letters are j, x, z : The remaining letters are called mutes.

A syllable is a distinct sound of one, or more letters, pronounced in a breath.

A diphthong is the sound of two vowels in one syllable. There are six diphthongs, ae, ai, au, ei, eu, oe.*

* Besides these six we meet with ua, ue, ui, uo, sounded in one syllable, occurring only after the consonants, g, q, or s; but they want one distinguishing property of diphthongs, for diphthongs are naturally long in quantity, while these are sometimes long and sometimes short. And some consider that in these combinations u should be considered a consonant, and written v.