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National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
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| Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
CONTENTS.
I. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE METHOD EMPLOYED. Page.
Collection and elaboration of material 137
Principles of writing foreign languages in a European alphabet 139
Phonetic transcription.—Transliteration.
Limits to physical accuracy 141
Alphabet selected; importance of simplicity for practical use 143
Account of systems hitherto in use 144
II. DETAIL OF THE ALPHABET IISED.
Letters and signs used for the phonetic transcription 148
Alphabetical registers.
Modification of the letters and signs.
Vowels.—Consonants.—Syllables in general.
Detail of the vowels 150
Pronunciation of the vowels.
The vowel system of Sanskrit.
Vowels of imperfect formation.
Diphthongs.
Nasal vowels.
Detail of the consonants 153
Pronunciation of the consonants. Tibetan consonants not pronounced. Duplication.—Composition.—Substitution.
The accent 157
Nature and general occurrence. Principal accent.—Secondary accents. Limit to the receding of the accent.
III. ARRANGEMENT OF THE GLOSSARY.
Succession of the various parts of the explanation 161
Terms prevailing in composition 163
Alphabetical abstract register 166
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