TABLE FIRST. FORMATION OF THE CONSONANTS. B, is formed by the lips, stopping the breath from C, (K) D, F, the lungs. by the back part of the tongue, rising, and obstructing the breath. by the tip of the tongue, touching the upper gum, and obstructing the breath. by the upper teeth, touching very slightly, the lower lip. G, (hard) — by the back part of the tongue, stopping H, J, K, L, M, the current of breath. with the tongue flat in the mouth as in pronouncing HA,-the H strongly aspirated. with the current of breath strongly pressing on the teeth as heard in EDGE. the same as C hard. by the tip of the tongue, touching very lightly, the lower part of the upper gum. by the lips, stopping the current of breath. D 2 N, is formed by the tip of the tongue, touching the P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, upper gum. by the lips, stopping the current of breath. the same as K, with the vowel sound 00. by the tip of the tongue, touching slightly the upper gum. by the teeth very slightly separated; this consonant, is completed as the closing of the teeth, stops the current of breath. by the tip of the tongue, touching the lower part of the upper gum, and obstructing the breath. similar to F. by the lips slightly protruding. X, has three powers-when initial, it is similar to z; in example, auxiliary, &c., it has the compound effects of a hard (i. e. 1G) and z; in borax, thorax, oxen, &c., its effects are K and s. Z, the formation of this consonant, is the same as s; only it does not, like s, require the closing of the teeth. |