[semi-OT] Celtic Pronunciation Guides?

[ColonelHardisson]

The way to properly pronounce Celtic words eludes me. It strikes me that so many of them are spelled in English much differently than they sound, that there has to be a pronunciation guide out there somewhere on the internet. Can anyone provide links to such a thing? And any similar guides for Welsh and Norse words? A lot of gaming stuff uses these cultures as source material.

 

[Psion]

I think there is one in the front of the Celts green book for 2e, which should be an ESD by now.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Nope. I own an actual copy of that book. Good idea, though.

 

[Desdichado]

Which Celtic languages? Welsh and Gaelic have very different pronunciations, and I've seen lots of guides in libraries over the years. You should be able to find guides online -- I know I've found Welsh pronunciation guides, complete with *.wav files and everything.

EDIT: Rereading your first post, it looks like by Celtic you probably mean Gaelic. I'll look for a link for you. Norse is also fairly easy to find. There's a great book (if you like this sort of thing) called Old English and it's Closest Relatives by Orrin Robinson that tells how to pronounce Old High German, Old Low Franconian, Gothic, Old Norse, and Old English.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Let me sort of take that back; there is a paragraph about pronunciation in the names section, but I'm looking for something more comprehensive.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Which Celtic languages?

Any and all.

 

[Desdichado]

Awright, try this for Gaelic:

http://www.standingstones.com/gaelpron.html

 

[Desdichado]

And this for Welsh:

http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/language.html

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Cool. Thanks.

Also, before anyone points it out - I know the Norsemen weren't Celtic. I just wanted to get a pronunciation guide for the languages they spoke also. For that matter, pronunciation guides for any language would be welcome.

 

[Desdichado]

Norse:

http://www.vikinganswerlady.org/ONPronounciation.htm