Excerpt from The Standard-Alphabet Problem, or the Preliminary Subject of a General Phonic System: Considered on the Basis of Some Important Facts in the Sechwana Language of South Africa, and in Reference to the Views of Professors Lepsius I have been prompted by such considerations as the above to publish, for the information of others devoted to the study of language, the results of my observations during a few years of assiduous research in an elementary branch of the subject. This I had long selected for my own amusement and instruction in leisure moments of a professional vocation; and having recently been engaged in an active trading life on a'wide frontier, among native tribes, the destruction of Whose language is as inevitable as their speedy social dissolution, I have enjoyed unusual facilities for the prosecution of my object. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.