KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES.
Reading edition
a
as in fat.
ā
as in fate.
ä
as in father.
ȧ
as in |ask.
e
as in pen.
ē
as in mete.
ė
as in her.
i
as in pin.
ī
as in pine.
o
as in not.
oi
as in oil, boy.
ou
as in pound, proud.
ō
as in note.
ö
as in move.
u
as in tub.
̤ū
as in mute.
̇u
as in pull.
A double dot under a vowel in an unaccented syllable indicates that its sound is almost that of the short u in but, tub, etc.̤ū as ̤ä in America, ̤e in prudent, ̤i in charity, ̤o in actor, ̤ē in the book, ̤ū in nature.
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THE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.