Many of the proper names and other terms in these pages are given in the language of the player speaking in the land's "common" tongue. Since some of these sounds and letter pairings will be unfamiliar to those new to the Empire, this page attempts to describe how they should sound. If you don't see a pronunciation below, most likely you can use your normal pronunciation for the letter(s).
Single vowels a, e, i, and u are pronounced as the English short vowel form. The single o is a long.
| Letters | as in... | Written | sounds like... | and definitely not like... |
| a | Tarsilon | |
car | bat, hal, bake |
| e | Nefthit | |
bed | we |
| i | Latiklon | |
fit | site |
| o | Sovalon | |
aw in yaw | so, lot |
| u | Dumresh | |
dumb, lug | cute |
Vowel diphthongss are frequent in the language. They are always pronounced as a single sound. That is, there will never be a syllable break between two vowels. Many of these are fairly "loose-lipped" or "open-mouthed" sounds, especially where w-like and y-like sounds are involved. That is, the ua sound is about halfway between saying ah (mouth open) and wa (mouth all but closed for the w)
| Letters | as in... | Written | sounds like... | and definitely not like... |
| aa | Kaaltes |  |
play - linger on the a | |
| ae | Fraenes |  |
a-eh | day |
| ai | Guendhegai |  |
guy | |
| ao | Gaon |  |
Dao | |
| au | Taus |  |
"owoo" | "aw" |
| ea | Gearun |  |
halfway between 'air' and 'err' | fear |
| ee | Nendrees |  |
free | |
| ei | Krei |  |
a bit of short e before a long i | cry |
| eo | Teobreth |  |
yo as in yoyo, but light on the y | Leo |
| eu | Cheu |  |
Cheoo (short e) | chew |
| ia | Iarel |  |
D'ya (as in "Do ya", but light on the y) | Ian (man's name) |
| ie | Krie |  |
kriee ( a bit of short i before a long e) | kree |
| ii | Zhaccii |  |
a stretched 'eye' | Hawaii |
| io | Lios |  |
dose, but with a bit of 'y' in it: dyose | Leo |
| iu | Fiunna |  |
light 'yuh' | |
| oa | Doates |  |
long o + 'ah' - more like 'wa' | load |
| oe | Antoeg |  |
light w + 'eh' | |
| oi | Varhoinne |  |
light w + 'ih' | |
| oo | Kinooruen |  |
tattoo | book |
| ou | Kouthmes |  |
between 'wuh' and as in rough | you |
| ua | Lumiargua |  |
wa, light on the 'w' | |
| ue | Guendhegai | |
Gooen (short e) | Gwen, duet |
| ui | Luinharre |  |
wi(ck), but light on the 'w' | intuit |
| uo | Zevuotra |  |
woe, but light on the 'w' | duo |
| uu | Quutek |  |
woo |
The y followed by a vowel, and in ya or ye, is fairly standard. Y preceded by a vowel often becomes two sounds.
| Letter(s) | as in... | Written | sounds like... | and definitely not like... |
| ay | Taymarin |  |
Day | aye |
| ey | Jonifrey |  |
(b)ay-eye | fey |
| iy | Liycc |  |
(b)ee-eye | |
| oy | Loyfan |  |
(t)oe-eye | boy |
| uy | Truygath |  |
(t)oo-eye | guy |
| y | Kyndelain |  |
a y followed by vague i/u sound (as if spelled "Ky(i/u)ndelain") | i, either short or long |
Most are fairly standard. The notable exceptions are below.
| Letter(s) | as in... | Written | sounds like... | and definitely not like... |
| c | Checuleppan |  |
an intermediate K-G sound | as in cat, or since |
| cc | Liycc | |
an intermediate CH-J sound | ss |
| ch | Chibre |  |
hard, as in change | |
| g | Gearun | |
hard, as in go | 'j' as in giraffe |
| hh | Chahhe |  |
as in German 'nach' | |
| dh | Nodhoscor |  |
as in the | as in path |
| th | Shotha |  |
as in path | as in the |
| x | Vellatrix |  |
sth | 'ks' as in ax |
| ng , nk, nt, nd, etc | Tyngarth
Serunt |
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two separate sounds within words nasalized at end of words or before a glottal |
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| doubled | Annesherre |  |
emphasizes the consonant & syllable; any lone vowel following it is pronounced | |
| "h"-ed consonants | Ghilaan Zhorahh Dekhmarre |
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Typically adds an aspirant quality to the consonant. |