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Oi
It has the sound of the Italian oi in the pronouns noi, we; voi, you; ex: mokoi, two.
Ui
It has the sound, which results from the two short vowels u and i, being pronounced together; ex pui, slight or delicate.
[We find in Brazilian words other examples of two or even three successive vowels; but they are, in general, pronounced distinctly, and, so, do not make diphthongs or triphthongs properly so-called.]
TABLE OF THE ALPHABETIC SOUNDS
Consonants
| Sharp | Flat | Aspirate | Nasal | Trilled | |
| Gutturals. | K=(c, g) | G | H | Ng,Nh | |
| Palatals | Y, X | R | |||
| Dentals | D | T | S | N, Nd | |
| Labials | B | P | M, Mb |
