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People & Places

Many readers have asked me to include a guide to pronouncing the names and places in The Emberjar series. So, here is a list of names and places from Soora Sun and their pronunciation as I imagine it.
Notes on pronunciation: Vowels are pronounced as follows 
A- short, as in b
ag, not as in hay 
E- short, as in
egg, not as in eve
I- short, as in fin, not as in fine
O- short, as in boss, not as in lone 
U-short, as in h
ut, not as in lute
Consonants are always pronounced hard e.g
 G is pronounced as in Gold not as in Gel 
 
C is pronounced as in Class not as in Ace 
 
CH is pronounced hard as if lock, not loch
The syllable to be emphasised is underlined.

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People/Names

Achillea    -  A-kill-ee-ya
Amani      -   A-mar-nee

Ambar      -   Am-bar
Bellis        -   Bell-iss
Benakiell  -   Ben-ah-keel
Dayo         -   Dai-yo
Estar         -   Ess-tar

Gladia       -   Glad-ee-ya
Hortensia  -   Hor-tense-ee-ya
Hurkim     -   Hoor-kim
Jember      -   Jem-burr
Khadar      -   Ka-dar
Layla         -   Lay-la

Lunaria     -   Loo-nair-ee-ya
Maren       -   Mah-run
Mina         -   Mee-na
Nousha     -   Noo-sha

Ravin        -   Ra-veen
Riva          -   Ree-va

Ronai        -   Roh-nai
Sashila      -   Sa-shee-la
Shira         -   Sheer-ah
Silene       -   Sai-lee-nee

Tarik        -    Ta-rick



 

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Gods and Goddesses

Ashkana   -   Ash-car-na

Asmara    -   Ass-mah-ra
Maliq       -   Ma-lick

Rao          -   Rah-oh
Soren       -   So-ren
Yael         -   Yah-ell

Locations

Arbhoun    -    Ar-boon
Aman        -     A-mahn
Bariz         -     Bah-riz

Darsoun    -     Dar-soon
Ebdil         
-     Ebb-dil
Gabez        -     Ga-bez
Gabish     
-     Ga-bish
Galdin       -     
Gal-din
Kafindim  
-     Ka-fin-dim
Kashiq      
-     Ka-sheek
Mellia       -     Mell-ee-ya
Oramia      -    O-rahm-ee-ya
Orish         -    O-rish
Oshana     -     Osh-anna

Pirhan       -     Pi-rahn
Rengat      -     Reng-gat

Rishkar     
-     Rish-car
Safran       -     Saff-ran

Shiljam     -     Shill-jam
Soora        -     Soo-ra

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