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A Grammar of the Malagasy Language; In the Ankova Dialect
A Grammar of the Malagasy Language In the Ankova Dialect Author:David Griffiths General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Original Publisher: Printed by E. Pite Subjects: Malagasy language Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editi... more »on of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MALAGASY GBAMMAK. PART I. ORTHOGKAPHY. Orthography treats of the Alphabet, Consonants, Fbrvels, Diphthongs, Tripthongs, and Syllables. SECTION I. THE ALPHABET. THE letters of the Malagasy Alphabet which is called Abidy, are twenty-one in number. A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, 0, P, R, S, T, V, Y, Z. a, b, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, v, y, z. Malagasy English Malagasy English Name. Sound. Sound. Signification. A. a. a as a in man as a in afo, fire. B. b. by bee as b in biby, beast. D. d. dy dee as d in didy, command. E. e. e as e in men as e in efa, done, effected. F. f. ef ef as f in efatra, four. G. g. ge gay as g in gegy, silly, foolish. The following letters are not used in the Malagasy Alphabet, because they are not wanted to express sounds given them in English. Viz. C, Q, U, W, X. c, j, u, w, x. C hard and q, are expressed by k, -- and c soft by s. u, w, and x, are rejected, as unnecessary to express any Malagasy sound. The following double consonants express but a single sound, mb, mp, nd, nf, ng, nk, nt, dr, tr, ts. Single characters for these sounds would add to the perfection of the Malagasy Alphabet. SECTION II. CONSONANTS. THERE are sixteen consonants -- viz. B, D, F, G. H. J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, Z. Each consonant has but one single sound, and the same power as in English, except g, and j. The latter has the sound and power of English dz, as in adze, but the former of the English g hard, as in get, got, godly. The consonants a...« less