"hx" is produced by expelling the breath forcibly, with the throat only
partially open.

[Footnote: As in pronouncing German and Scotch "ch", Spanish "j", Irish
"gh", Russian "x", Classical Greek Greek: "chi" etc. There are only a
few words containing this consonant.]

"j" like "y" in "yes", "beyond".

"jx" like "z" in "azure", "s" in "visual".

"r" is slightly trilled or rolled.

"s" like "s" in "see", "basis".

"sx" like "sh" in "shine", "rash", "ch" in machine".

"ux" like "w" or consonantal "u". See Diphthongs, 5.


NAMES OF THE LETTERS.

4. The vowels are named by their sounds, as given in (2). The names
of the consonants are "bo", "co", "cxo", "do", "fo", "go", "gxo",
"ho", "hxo", "jo", "jxo", "ko", "lo", "mo", "no", "po", "ro", "so",
"sxo", "to", "uxo", "vo", "zo". These are used in speaking of the
letters, in pronouncing them in abbreviations, as "ko to po" for
"k. t. p." (= etc.), and in spelling words, as "bo, i, ro, do, o,
birdo".