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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 bag, 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 hut, 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.
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
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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