Pronunciation of Names
in the Sword's Edge Chronicles
Teldheri:
- ’ indicates a glottal stop except when used after ch, in which case it indicates the ch is a hard sound (as in Scottish loch)
- dh indicates a fricative d (as in mother or then)
- a is ä (as in father), except in an accented syllable, in which case it is short
- e is short as in egg
- i is short as in pit, except as final vowel, then it is long e, as in Teldheri (or when followed by double consonants, such as is common in female names)
- ai is a diphthong, with the separate vowels pronounced as given above: ä and long e
- ei is a diphthong, with the separate vowels pronounced as given above: short e and long e
- o is long o
- u is long as in rule
- gh indicates a soft g (as in general)
- jh indicates a sibilant s (as in measure)
Male names:
- accent is on the first syllable except when it is a three syllable name beginning with a vowel with a closed second syllable, in which case the accent is on the second syllable, therefore El’adhrel but Alcan’dhor
Female names:
- in names such as Sarinna, or Colinn, the i is pronounced as a long e and carries the accent, as indicated by the double consonant after the vowel
- in names such as Amara or Aleta, the accent is on the second syllable
- in names such as Sherel, accent is on the first syllable
"enh?" used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question does not carry a long a sound, but rather the nasal enh sound similar to "hein" used by the French.