Fireblade Array Characters - A Pronunciation Guide

There really is no right or wrong way to pronounce them, but some have asked how I hear/say the names of the characters in The Fireblade Array. Bear in mind that I sound like an English southerner (mostly) and that my 'r's sound flat rather than rhotic (e.g. "art" would probably sound like "ahht" to a North American). I've written this with the non-rhotic, English 'r' in mind. I probably should have done this with the proper phonetic letters (like the stuff they have on Wikipedia), but that was too much work!
In any case - here is your handy, pull-out guide:

Artemi - ART-em-eeShortened versions: Tem and Temi (TEM-ee)
Morghiad - MOR-gee-add (with a hard 'g' as in 'get')Shortened version: Mor
Silar - SEE-lar (yeah, that's surprised a few of you!!)Shortened version: Si (see)
Medea - med-EY-ahShortened versions: Med and Medi (MED-ee)
Tallyn - TAL-inShortened version: Tal
Kalad - KAL-add
Mirel - mirr-ELLE
Tyshar - TIE-shar
Toryn - TOR-inn
Selieni - SEL-ee-enn-eeShortened version - Sel and Lien (LEE-enn)
Koviere Dohsal - KOVE-eer  doh-SALLShortened version - Kove
Seffe - SEFF
Sorann - sor-AN
Sahlke - SAL-kuh
Demeta - dem-EE-tah
Calyrish - cal-EER-ish
Qeneris - ken-EH-riss
Feyan - FAY-ann
Beodrin Mori - BEY-o-drin  MOR-ee
Daisain - DI-sayn
Rahake - ra-HAH-kay
Beetan - BEE-tan (!)
D'Avrohan - DAV-ro-an (the 'h' is not obviously pronounced)
Jade'an - jay-DEE-an
Acher - ASH-er
Sete'an - set-EY-an
Forllan - FOR-lan (another easy one!)
Hedinar Kantari - HED-in-ar   kant-AR-ee
Orwin Mendrelle - OR-win  MEN-DRELL
Eupith - YOU-pith
Romarr - ROW-mar
Vestuna - ves-TYUN-ah
Khasha - CASH-ah
Passerid Collibry - PASS-er-rid  COL-ibb-ree
Febain Reduvi - FEB-ayn  red-OO-vee
Dorlunh - DOR-lunn (the h at the end is supposed to signify a sort of extended and heavy 'n')
Danner - DAN-er (it means fluffy!!)
Aval di Certa - av-AL  dee  SERT-ah
Jarynd - jah-RIN-D 
Caala - CAR-lah
Cydia - SIGH-dee-ah
Alliah - ah-LEE-yah
Baydie - BAY-dee
Gilkore - GIL-core (hard 'g' again)
PlacesSunidara - SOON-ih-DAR-ah

Cadra - KAD-rah

Gialdin - GEE-al-din (hard 'g')

Tegra - TAY-grah

Calidell - KAL-ih-dell

Hirrah - HIR-ahh

Hirrahan - hir-RAY-an

Sokiri - sock-IRR-ee

Achellon - ASH-ell-on

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Published on July 03, 2014 07:18
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message 1: by Jonathan (new)

Jonathan Well you're obviously wrong (tongue in cheek) about Silar, it's an i not an ee. I mean I can see it right there on the page. And I'm not sure where the "r" comes from in Caala. Other than that you didn't do too badly. I'll give you a solid B on the pronunciation.

Thanks for the chart, keep writing sir.


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