Blair Collection > Practical grammar of the antient Gaelic, or, Language of the Isle of Man, usually called Manks

THE MANKS LAXGUAGE.
CHAPTER II.
Of the Peonuxciation of the Manks Letters.
A is ranked among the broad vowels ; and in ancient manu-
scripts, a, o, and u, are written indifferently one for the other ; as
clagli* or doghf, a stone — goan or goun, scarce ; thus, among the
Jjatins, for reus is written for /arretts, &c. It is pronounced as a
English in man, pan, lad, bad ; as, sajJ, Jah, hab ; and when cir-
cumflexed, as in dame, pale, ale ; as mdroo.
jB is a labial letter, and pronounced as b English ; as, hare,
hoayl.
C preserves a strong sound in its unaspirated state, equal to
the Greek Kappa, or the English k, or as c in can ; as, cam, cab,
cappan. It never usurps the pronunciation of ^, as in cistern,
city, cedar.
Ch has a soft sound ; as in cldngys, cJdass, chaglder ; like ch in
English, in cherry, charcoal.
D is pronounced as d English ; as doal, dowin. D and t are
found in ancient manuscripts written indifferently one for the
other; as y diumd, or y diunU, the profound.
Eh reckoned a small vowel j but is sometimes long, sometimes
short, and thus answers to the Greek Epsilon and Eta. AYhen
it is acuted, it is pronounced as e English in men; as hen, shen,
ren ; circumflexed, as ea in fear; as menu.
F is called a weak consonant ; because when aspirated it loses
all its force : Sbsfer-ynsee, a teacher, e er-ynsee, his teacher. It
corresponds in many cases with the Latin v ; as/e?-, a man, Lat.
* Korthside pronunciation. f Souihsidc pronunciation.