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C c was formerly written Cz or cz, and is still used by some Hungarian writers, but is falling into disuse.

Ė or ė is always written and printed without accent, and often pronounced like e.

Of these, fifteen are vowels:—a, e, ė, i, o, ö, u, ü, short; and á, é, í, ó, ő, ú, ű, long. The rest are consonants.

The long vowels are distinguished by accents (′ or ″), while the short ones take a diæresis or are left unaccented.

They are pronounced:

a	as	o	in	God,	e.g.,		kar, an arm.
á	„	a	„	far,	„		vár, a castle.
e	„	e	„	bed,	„		nem, no.
ė	„	u	„	but,	„		kėnyér, bread.
é	„	a	„	fate,	„		pénz, money.
i	„	i	„	bill,	„		bimbó, a bud.
í	„	ee	„	bee,	„		ív, an arch.
ó	„	o	„	toll,	„		ló, a horse.
u	„	u	„	bull,	„		futni, to run.
ú	„	oo	„	pool,	„		rút, ugly.
o	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	is the short sound of o in toll; it is not to be pronounced as in God, but as is heard in the German word Koralle; as—				$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	bor, wine.