862 ON THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.

KNGLISH. ARABIC, ARABIC* Rendered as near to European pronunciation as the English Alphabet will admit.

Absent GVaib Lloli)\ Biitter-milk Raib \;\ White Bead A black El Abd l »,n Eggs Baid u\ Afar off Baid (X)OL>\ A pig Helloof lJ An oath Hellef ( i,U\ Feed for horses Alf I sir'n A thousand Elf <-i)\ It is difficult for any one who has not accurately studied the Arabic language, to imagine the many errors which an European commits in speaking it, when self taught, or when taught in Europe. This deficiency originates in the inaccuracy of the application of the guttural and synonymous letters.

The ain P and the P grain cannot be accuthe sk, (lA) but sound it like s {{j) ; the very few who have studied the art of reading the language, have, however, conquered this dijfficulty.