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[Ondo]

Originally Posted by Ondo

One race in the PHB2 starts with Gn. Others start with D, G, H, and S, and have second letters O, E, and H, and one has the final letter R (source, source).

I'm going to go ahead and share my guesses on these. First off, I'm assuming that there are, in fact, only five races, even though that's not stated. I'm not assuming the race with the final letter R is a different race from those with a given second letter. That would be reasonable, but I can't get it to work out as well.

Gnome, Half-Orc, Goblin, Doppleganger, Shifter. I expect there would be multiple types of Shifter detailed. If there were four, that would give the PHB2 the same number of races and classes as the original PHB.

Another possibility, if the final R is from a different races than the given second letters, is Gnome, Hobgoblin, Genasi, Doppleganger, Shifter. While Genasi is in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, it could easily not be a repeat - Genasi (at least in 3rd edition) isn't actually a single race, so they could easily divide the varieties between the two books. Also, since 4e moves away from the four classic elements, they could add new types.