A survey of the educational system of the Philippine islands by the Board of educational survey, created under acts 3162 and 3196 of the Philippine Legislature.

160 EDUCATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Table 6 presents data from which the answer to the question can be
given. The first twenty sound mutations of the seventh grade and the
first-year high school are almost identical with those in the first grade.
The data of the investigation show that these few sound mutations predominate all through the school. It is the common observation of the
Commission that the oral speech of adults generally is dominated by these
same basic forms of pronunciation. Study of the table will show that
TABLE 6
THE FIRST TWENTY MOST FREQUENT SOUND MUTATIONS IN EACH GRADE
(First grade elementary to first year high school inclusive)
-_u G IPGRA DE KAt kc
ac 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1" H. TOTAL
ee sp sp ee ee ee ee sp ee
L_ a a aa i LI L L LI I iL s a iLL
2 o nio. It e ee. -. fer - P 'P 5P sp ee - P
hoit 1 Li. sho for foo a a a a a a a a i i a a
3 sp ss ce 5e 3 I5 /f 5.
a_ 5 a a C aI_ s h, o, 4
s55 p Final coruonentL i onI 4 o1) for air 1Lo f orl toe
s5 5 o omitted rf^- to i, 9 _iT 6 a er _ _Fh_ _
5 " ' fralcoonawnt 5 s1 ss " F'"5 5 i b
_ d omitted e s s u u e e
6 f ar 60 t air ss b
P er u e er s w ur
7 ss d55 o air Final consonant oo
e u s th u 00 er omitted u
8 FinTal j e air yo sp air too ego air
-- __ a er u 6 o er u.u er
9 spd tid n r nal consoant i at cons d fa C) Sp h Tinalconsonansp
O sFIl~ nmit ' conponant o J Fab b aotion
5 0 o th _ _l~ (ie on omitted omitted o6 0 t omnrted
F-intcaonanat en O e" consonant p Ti e
^ omtcd he ieo,. omrn.d L U f f & U
U U W e " s
_ uo u u i e u-.l~
air ite e
5 er u u a P'PT. sh a th
a th otr t ti th m atos
The Imprt n Re oRthm hconsonat consonant S yuli fra ai ft
_ W > rr h l ~ Sn omitted orined r in u u
NDf f S 0d5h t Egb ls
1 Comonsnt i e Cqepon hant wt soundt
t iion e a omitted a o teied
l f obst 5ut Ffsed i op A F er -
In SSF i" " """ Co oan, Izi n nl ConsonantL
^_L oi o f a F~NI I'~"~~n 06h b T r w
a t aa a mitt omitted
19 l Consonant a Consonan --- ---
h e Suffided t it u o rr omitte d ee ch b
21 h m-erte h- seted consonant p
although there are changes in the relative importance of these mutations,
the list as a whole holds together irrespective of the maturity or training
of the individual.
The Important Role of Rhythm, Accent, and Syllabication in the
Development of Spoken English
Most' of the quantitative material of this report has dealt with sound
mutations, that is, with word enunciation. Relatively little has been
done with the more subtle interpretative qualities of oral speech. Yet the
latter are probably the chief obstacles to success in developing American English throughout the Islands. The point has already been
emphasized that the meaning is conveyed in oral speech chiefly by