The Curse of Broken Shadows: Pronunciations
Okay, I’ve gotten this question a lot of times, and with some pestering from my husband, I’ve attempted to do a pronunciation guide for some of the words I’ve made up in my Smoke and Shadows series!
Please forgive me, but I don’t know how to do the traditional ‘pronunciation’ symbols and such so I did my best to make it easy on both of us. Below you’ll find the guide for locations, herbs, people, animals, and the other languages used in this series. At some point, I’ll try to do a video to speak them a little better (especially if there are a few where you’re still confused), so let me know which ones need a little more clarification!
Names
Brela - bray-luh
Farrah - fair-uh
Gerrart - Jur-art
Dernian - dare-nian
Jyva - Jeev-uh
Onshelshus - on-shell-shus
Yultef - yule-teff
Lesnibhol - Les-ni-bowl
Ahmulshus - Ah-mul-shus
Nemhal - nem-all
Enjorren - en-or-en
Druet - droo-it
Era - ear-uh
Thierry - thi-erry (theory)
Colyne - Colin
Aucia - au-cee-ia
Linyive - lin-yiv
Siobhan - sho-vahn
Allesio - a-less-io
Xavier - zave-ier
Aleida - a-lay-da
Euota - e-yo-ta
Ryia - rye-uh
Sueta - sway-ta
Alinora - al-in-or-a
Atuphe - ah-too-fey
Ceirdephal - se-r-de-fall
Herbs / Poisons
hellthorn - hell-thorn
opharel - oh-fa-rel
arrose - ah-rose
finola - fin-o-la
thysys - this-iss
cibi - chi-bee
Shadow Language
vi os syq - vee os seek
seim veis, chaseil - same vase chas-ell
vimeis - vi-mei-ss
som
so’nim - so-nim
alei - a-lay
so’nei - so-nay
feim - fame
olei - oh-lay
oglim - oh-glim
sofych - so-fick
eisoqei - ey-so-kay
so’noqei - so-no-kay
Locations
Valisea - val-uh-say
Ciethy - see-uh-thi
Aelstow - Al-stow
Calcheth - cal-keth
Orhyrst - oar-hurst
Xodrith - zo-drith
Arkta - arc-tuh
Oyria - or-ia
Qord - cord
Averlyn - av-ur-lin
Roulant - roo-lant
Azemar - Az-e-mar
Symkyn - Sim-kin
Esavine - es-uh-veen
Idalo - ih-dah-lo
Dycorus - die-core-us
Itherel - Ith-ur-el
Deliers - deli-airs
Mencona - men-cone-uh
Magtonas - mag-tone-uhs
Beasts
lynxpie - linx-pee
noglida - no-glee-duh
vaarasuxa - vare-uh-soo-sa
celvusa - sell-view-sa
zivox - zee-vox
Wraturo - wruh-tuhr-o
kygras - kye-grus
Sand Sprite Language
zaa, kria zaxova - za kree-uh za-zo-va
axaczi ov raokir - ah-zac-zee ov ra-ow-keer
kraz orxaw - krah-z or-zaw
owa kria - owe-uh kree-uh
akaza - ah-ka-za
xyra xib - zeer-uh zib
kiakiroxa - kia-key-ro-sha
graczkiva - gra-cks-kee-vah
ov czira - ov zeer-uh
czaoza - zh-ow-za
ri aravkir - ree ah-rah-v-keer
qigri - key-gree
zvocz - z-v-oh-cks
czaraw - zah-raw
zaoczi - zow-k-zee
zaxa - zah-zah
zatyb - zah-teeb
iczib twyba - ick-zib twee-bah
axigri - ah-zee-gree
