A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand.

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Vowels.	Sound.	Vowels.	Sound.
Long		Short
Á á	as in father.	A a	as in pad.
É é	as a in bate.	E e	as in bet.
Í í	as ee in feet.	I i	as in fit.
Ó ó	as o in pole.	O o	as o in pole, shortened.
Ú ú	as oo in boot.	U u	as oo in good.

Diphthongs.	Sound.
ai	as i, in mine, thine, &c.
au	as ou, in house, vulgarly in parts of Lincolnshire.
ei	as ay in nay, nearly.
eu	a compound of the sounds of e and u, unknown in English.
oi	as oy in joy.
ou	as ou in the true pronunciation of house.

Consonants.	Names.	Remarks.	Consonants.	Names.	Remarks.
B b	ba		P p	pa
D d	da		R r	ra
F f	fa	used in Foreign words.		Ss	sa
G g	ga	always hard, as in give.	T t	ta	Dental.
H h	ha		V v	va	used in Foreign words.
J j	j a	used in Foreign words.	W w	wa
K k	ka		X x	xa
L l	la		Y y	ya
M m	ma		Z z	Za	used in Foreign words.
N n	na		ng NG	nga	as ng in King, &c.