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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:09 pm


((I finally got around to it.))

C:
In Elvish, the C is pronounced as a K, so Celeborn, it is pronounced as Keleborn, not Seleborn.


CH:
In Elvish, this is also pronounced with a K sound, such as loch.


DH:
In Elvish, this is pronounced as a "soft" TH, such as the word then.


G:
In Elvish, a G is pronounced as a G in the word get.


AI:
pronounced as eye


AU:
pronounced as ow in the word town


EI:
pronounced as the ey in grey


IE:
pronounced with both vowles sounded as in Ni-ena, instead of Neena


UI:
sounded as the ui in ruin


AE:
may be pronounced as AI and OE


EA and EO:
same as IE


U':
prounced as the oo in the word boom


ER, IR, and UR:
pronounced as the word air


E:
usually pronounced as eh


All information has been taken from the book: The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien.  
PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:50 am


*Applauds.*

I positively despise miss-pronounced elvish. mad

Nimrodel of Lorinand
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:57 am


Let's see. There was only one time where I heard a mispronunciation in Elvish that really made me twitch. It was in the song Verses to Elbereth Gilthoniel, from the album In Elven Lands by The Fellowship. Jon Anderson sings it, and at one point the way he says 'Gilthoniel' is just... wrong. Actually, that whole song sounds like a human trying and only partially succeeding at singing an Elvish song. sweatdrop

Don't worry though; the rest of the CD is absolutely beautiful~
PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:45 am


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