used as ch in “ church; ” nia, and ng>, which latter is frequently used as an
initial letter. ,
Besides these there are five vowel, signs, which supplant the inherent
vowel. These signs are termed sanddng’an,. the clothing or dress. The
repa consist of certain contractions mf consonants and rpther isigtis. used in
composition. These, with a pdngkm, or .sign of elision, correSprinding
.with the bdris mdti of the Malayu, which has. no sound of its own,-but
being placed at .the end of a word or < sentence denotes its termination in a
pure : consonant, and-' spme\ few other marks .corresponding with ihe
■<Deoandgari, complete the orthographical arrangement, which though complex
and intricate, is remarkable for its precision.
, Some of the letters occasionally iOceur under a capital, of rather peculiar
form, for they are of the same size ; but these are seldom used, and when
•.they are, it is not as.capitals., are employed in European languages.'. They
are principally found in proper names, and titles' of office, and are placed
alilfp in the beginning, middle}’, or end of a word-..: 1
The aWxed table' is untended to exhibit the powers and application of
the different letters and orthographical signs. No. 1 exhibits .the characters
nowin general use. . No. 2 contains the square characters in which fthe
JCawi is . usually written, and in which the different inscriptions in that.lan-
guage, cut in stone and copper, :are found..- No,,3^contains,speeim.ens; of
the •varieties which the. alphabetical characters have' at • different':,times
assumed, arranged, according to the judgment of the native writers, in the
order of their relative antiquity.
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