[Capt.Croaker]

i'm not the only one who did'nt pay attention in english class. heres a short list.............

cnaiur urs skiotha
scylvendi
Anasurimbor
inchoroi

[Meyna]

I think there are pronunciation  guides in the glossaries of the books, but, anyway, here's how I have them in my head:

NAY-ur urss ski-OH-thuh
skill-VEN-di
ah-nah-SOOR-imm-bore
in-cho-roy

I could be wrong, though. Anyone adept at IPA translation?

Edit: Anyone else roll that first R in addition to lengthening the vowel sound in Anasurimbor?

[Wilshire]

I'd agree with Meyna on all accounts. There is a guide in the back, at least in The Thousandfold Thought, that has a pronunciation guide, and the more or less phonetic spelling of names seems to make sense (or at least close enough for it not to be worth point out a difference).

If it makes you feel any better, I personally heard Bakker say that he doesn't know how to pronounce some of the names so just go with what you feel

[Madness]

I passed a linguistics class once, Meyna. Mayhaps, when I actually have a day off with nothing else to deal with I can fit in some extra forum time.

The english alphabet actually reads differently when "trying to sound it out," if your first language is not english . But yes, those fit Bakker's linguistic offerings in TDTCB Appendix.

[Meyna]

I can't decide how "Cishaurim" is supposed to be pronounced. Hard "c" vs. soft "c"; "au" pronounced as "awe" or "ow"; "im" pronounced as "imm" or "eem", etc. When in doubt, pronounce as in ancient Latin, I always say.

[Wilshire]

Sish-are-em

Thats my vote. I don't know anything about latin

[Meyna]

keess-HOW-reem, I think. Though, in this case, I lean towards something like yours, Wilshire. That or sih-shah-rim.

[Wilshire]

I don't like that first one and the second one is pretty much what I was attempting.

[Madness]

I've always gone soft C with an audible hiss . For the snakes, you know.

[Meyna]

I've always gone soft C with an audible hiss . For the snakes, you know.

Ah, of course!

[Francis Buck]

Wait, so you guys pronounce it In-chor-oy, with "ch" as in change? I always said Inkoroi (in most cases I assume "ch" is "k", like Achamian, though are some exceptions, like Chigra).

I've also always pronounced Cishaurim with a soft C. Never even thought about the snake aspect. But yeah, someone on Westeros (I believe Trisky) pointed out that their tribes is the Indara-Kish, or something along those lines. K's and C's are weird.

Like Cujara'Cinmoi. I always say Kujara'Sinmoi, but I feel that's not correct. I also say Sillvendi, though that's just a habit.

[Meyna]

I personally use a hard "c" for Achamian, Scylvendi, and Cujara, and a soft "c" for Inchoroi, Cishaurim, and Cinmoi. It's hard to tell which is proper, unless the language trees in the back of the books offer any insight (and I don't think they do).

[Baztek]

I use a hard 'k' for inchoroi. Inch-oroy sounds weird to me. I also remember seeing an interview where Bakker pronounces Achamian as Uh-ka-mien, which is way cooler than how I was saying it in my head.

[Francis Buck]

Same here. And yeah, I always liked the way Bakker pronounced Achamian, it actually sounds better than the pronunciation key he has in the back TDTCB for Achamian (ah-kay-me-on, I think it is).

[Madness]

Like Cujara'Cinmoi. I always say Kujara'Sinmoi, but I feel that's not correct. I also say Sillvendi, though that's just a habit.

+1 on Ku'jara Sinmoi. That's how I've always said it.

Bakker actually claims that these books wouldn't survive a rigorous linguistic analysis but I told him I'm not so sure.

There are after all rules governing why C can be K or C can be S (in this case, u and i are different phonemes, which could account for the difference in pronunciation. Damnit... Breaking out the IPA again soon.

We'll see just how consistent he is .

I personally use a hard "c" for Achamian, Scylvendi, and Cujara, and a soft "c" for Inchoroi, Cishaurim, and Cinmoi. It's hard to tell which is proper, unless the language trees in the back of the books offer any insight (and I don't think they do).

Like Skillvendi?