Pronunciation Guide
THE ROOTS OF CHAOS
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By popular request, the official pronunciation guide for the Roots of Chaos series.
The names are chiefly drawn from extinct and archaic languages, but represent fictional ones, which grew out of different cultural and historical circumstances – consequently, letters and diphthongs are not always pronounced in exactly the same way as their real-world touchstones.
There is some variation in pronunciation across the Roots of Chaos world, e.g. the Mentish name Truyde can be pronounced as either trood or troo-deh, depending on the province; similarly, the Hróthi surname Hraustr can be either hrow-ster or hroy-ster. The listed pronunciations are either the most common (for place names) or the one the specific character prefers.
The use of italics indicates the syllable that should be stressed.
THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
Characters
Aleidine Teldan utt Kantmarkt • ah-lay-deen tell-dan at kant-markt
Aralaq • ah (as in ‘cat’)-ruh-lack
Aubrecht Lievelyn • ow (as in ‘how’)-brekt lee-veh-lin
Bedona • beh-doe-nuh
Betriese • bet-reece
Chassar uq-Ispad • kah-sar ook (as in ‘book’) iss-pad
Cleolind Onjenyu • clee-oh-lind on-jen-yoo
Ead Duryan • eed dure-ee-un
Eadaz uq-Nara • ay (as in ‘slay’)-daz ook nar (as in ‘seminar’)-uh
Ermuna • er-mew-nuh
Estina Melaugo • eh-stee-nuh mell-ow (as in ‘owl’)-go
Fýredel • fear-uh-dell
Kagudo • kah-goo-doe
Kalyba • kah (as in ‘cat’)-lih-buh
Katryen Withy • kat-ree-un with-ee
Kwiriki • kwi (as in ‘quick’)-rik-ee
Marosa Vetalda • ma-roe-suh veh-tal (as in ‘tally’)-duh
Miduchi Tané • mih-doo-chee tan-eh
Mita Yedanya • mee-tuh yed-an-yuh
Nairuj • nigh-rooj
Nayimathun • nigh-ee-muh-thoon
Neporo • neh-pore-oh
Niclays Roos • nick-lace rose (as in ‘roast’)
Orsul • or-soul
Oscarde utt Zeedeur • oss-card at zay-dure
Priessa Yelarigas • pree-ess-uh yell-ah-ree-gas
Roslain Crest • roz-lane crest
Sabran Berethnet • sab-run bear-eth-net
Saiyma Taumargam • sigh-muh tor-mar-gum
Seyton Combe • see-tun comb
Turosa • tur-oh-suh
Truyde • trood
Valeysa • val-ay-suh
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Places
Cárscaro • kar-scuh-roe
Ersyr • er-sear
Ginura • gin (as in ‘begin’)-ure-uh
Hróth • h-roth
Inys • inn-iss
Inysca • inn-iss-kuh
Kawontay • kah-won-tay
Lasia • lace-ee-uh
Mentendon • men-ten-dun
Rauca • raw-kuh
Rumelabar • roo-mell-uh-bar
Seiiki • say-ee-kee
Sepul • seh-pull
Yikala • yih-kah-luh
Yscalin • iss-kuh-lin
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OTHER
Ichneumon • ick-new-mon
A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT
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Characters
Adeliza afa Dáura • ah-deh-lee-zuh aff-uh dow (as in dowry)-ruh
Anyso • ah-nee-so
Bardholt Hraustr • bard-holt hrow (as in ‘how’)-ster
Canthe • can-thee (as in ‘theory’)
Dedalagun • day-dal-uh-goon
Einlek • ine (as in ‘line’)-leck
Eldyng • ell-ding
Esbar • ez-bar
Eydag • ay-dag
Furtia • fur-tee-uh
Gashan Janudin • gash-un jan-uh-din
Glorian • glor-ee-un
Jeda • yed-uh¹
Kuposa pa Nikeya • koo-poe-suh pah nick-ay (as in ‘hay’)-uh
Noziken pa Dumai • noh-zee-ken pah doo-my
Tunuva Melim • tuh-noo-vuh mee-lim
Regny • reg-nee
Saghul • sag-ool
Sauma • sow (as in ‘how’)-muh
Siyu • see-you
Suzumai • soo-zoo-my
Unora • ooh-nore-uh
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Places
Antuma • an-too-muh
Brhazat • brah-zat
Edin • ee-din
Kárkaro • kar-kuh-roe
Ipyeda • ip-yed-uh
Jrhanyam • jer (as in ‘geranium’)-an-yum
Márevarr • more-eh-var
Mozom Alph • mow (to rhyme with ‘slow’)-zom alf
Ófandauth • off-un-dowth
Uramyesi • ure (as in ‘endure’)-am-yeh-see
Yeltalay • yell-tuh-lay
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Other
Issýn • iss-een
Notes
¹ Jeda would be pronounced jed-uh – with a hard j, as in jam – in modern Lasia, but Esbar prefers the archaic pronunciation that would have been used by Queen Jeda of Taano State.