Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION.

A like a In father. At as in aisle. E like e In men El as In weigh. I like 1 In pin. Au and o as o in bone. O like o in pony. Uu as oo In moon. U like oo in book. I in the middle of a word and u in ths middle or at the tnd of a word aft sometimes almost inaudible. The consonants are all sounded, as in English; g, however, has only the hard sound, as in “give,” although the nasal ug is often heard; ch and s are always soft, as in “check” and “sin”; and z be-

fore u lias the sound of dz. In the case of double consonants, each one must be given its full sound. There are as many syllables as vowels. There is practically no accent. Be sure to avoid the flat sound of a, which is always pronounced ah.—From “A Handbook of Modern Japan, ,r Ujr Eruest W. Clements.

COSSACK WATCH STATION IN MANCHURIA.