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VI.<br />

MUTABLE CONSONANTS.<br />

The mutable consonants are b, c, &, -p, 3, w, p, r,<br />

and c, which change or entirely lose their original<br />

sounds when written with a full point over them, or<br />

with b added, as b, or bl). In this case, they are said<br />

to be aspirated, and are variously sounded, as follow<br />

:<br />

b and ri).<br />

<strong>of</strong> the<br />

1 . b and ri), when preceding or following any<br />

broad vowels, sound like w in wall ;<br />

as A. b&& (a<br />

wawddh) his boat 5

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