A NOTE ON PRONOUNCIATION:
This is straight out of the Silmarillion, so TAKE NOTE.
CONSONANTS
C - always has the value of
k, never s; thus
Celeborn is '
Keleborn', not '
Seleborn'
CH - always has the value of
ch in Scotch
lock or German
buch, never that of
ch in English
church.
DH - is always used to represent the sound of a voiced ('soft')
th in English, that is the
th in
then, not the
th in
thin.
G - always has the sound of English
g in
get; thus pronounciation is as in
begin, not
gin.
VOWELS
AI - has sound of the English
eye.
AU - has the value of the English
ow in
town; thus the first syllable of
Sauron is like English
sour, not
sore.
EI - has the sound of English
grey.
IE - should not be pronounced as in English
piece, but with both the vowels
i and
e sounded, and sun together; thus
Ni-enna, not
'Neena'.
UI - has the sound of English
ruin.
AE and OE -
ae may be prounced in the same way as
ai, and
oe as in English
toy.
EA and EO - are not run together, but constitute two syllables; these combinations are pronounced:
ea - ay-ah ,
eo - ey-oh[/i].
U - should be pronounced
oo.
ER, IR, UR - before a consonant or at the end of a word, should not be pronounced as in enlish
fern, fir, fur but as in English
air, eer, oor.
E - at the end of words is always pronounced as a disctinct vowel. it is likewise pronounced in the middle of words. pronounced as
eh.
Hope this helps.
