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Hadamitzky Indices

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Romanized:may correspond to English:as in:
n/ (or before a vowel)nzoon   'zone'
In this list the symbol / represents word-final position.
ngu or ngu
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r
s
s (before e)
s (before i)		ng
or
l
th
ch
s		kingu   'king'
pooku   'pork'
hoteru   'hotel'
sumisu   'Smith'
sero   'cello'
siin   'scene'
S before i more closely corresponds to English 'sh'.
t (before i)ttiimu   'team'
T before i more closely corresponds to English 'ch'.
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