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PART I.—THE ESPERANTO
GRAMMAR.

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The Alphabet.

1. There are twenty-eight letters in the alphabet, viz.:—

	Aa,	Dd,	Ĝĝ,	Jj,	Mm,	Rr,	Uu,
	Bb,	Ee,	Hh,	Ĵĵ,	Nn,	Ss,	Ŭŭ,
	Cc,	Ff,	Ĥĥ,	Kk,	Oo,	Ŝŝ,	Vv,
	Ĉĉ,	Gg,	Ii,	Ll,	Pp,	Tt,	Zz.

2. With the exception of the following, these letters are pronounced exactly as in English:—

A	is	always	pronounced	as	"a" in father.
E	,,	,,	,,	,,	"e" in they.
I	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ee" in seen.
O	,,	,,	,,	,,	"o" in so.
U	,,	,,	,,	,,	"u" in rule.
C	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ts" in bits.
Ĉ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ch" in church.
G	,,	,,	,,	,,	"g" in good.
Ĝ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"g" in gem.
Ĥ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ch" in loch.
J	,,	,,	,,	,,	"y" in yes.
Ĵ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"s" in vision.
S	,,	,,	,,	,,	"s" in basin, never like "s" in rose.
Ŝ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"sh" in she.
Aŭ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ow" in how.
Aj	,,	,,	,,	,,	"i" in nigh
Oj	,,	,,	,,	,,	"oy" in boy.
Eŭ	,,	,,	,,	,,	"eh-oo" as in the words "they who."
Ej	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ayi" in saying.
Uj	,,	,,	,,	,,	"ui" in ruin.

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Note.—Dr. Zamenhof permits the substitution of the letter "h" for the accent, in all cases of ch, gh, hh, jh, and sh.