These words may
au like _ow_ in _how_; be pronounced as though written
_kwee_ and _wheek_.
3. Consonants.
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, qu are pronounced as in English, except that
bs, bt are pronounced _ps_, _pt_.
c is always pronounced as _k_.
t is always a plain _t_, never with the sound of _sh_ as in Eng.
_oration_.
g always as in _get_; when ngu precedes a vowel, gu has the sound of
_gw_, as in anguis, languidus.
j has the sound of _y_ as in _yet_.
r was probably slightly trilled with the tip of the tongue.
s always voiceless as in _sin_; in su??de??, su??vis, su?“sc??, and in
compounds and derivatives of these words, su has the sound of _sw_.
v like _w_.
x always like _ks_; never like Eng. _gz_ or _z_.
z uncertain in sound; possibly like Eng. _zd_, possibly like _z_. The
latter sound is recommended.
The aspirates ph, ch, th were pronounced very nearly like our stressed
Eng. _p_, c, _t_--so nearly so, that, for practical purposes, the latter
sounds suffice.
Doubled letters, like ll, mm, tt, etc., should be so pronounced that both
members of the combination are distinctly articulated.
SYLLABLES.
4. There are as many syllables in a Latin word as there are separate vowels
and diphthongs.
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