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05-10-2022, 01:13 AM #1
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Pronunciation Guide
Has there ever been any attempt here to create a pronunciation guide for some of the harder to pronounce words in BR?
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05-10-2022, 12:47 PM #2
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The original boxed set had a card that explained the sounds of Anuirean.
Elvish of Cerilia is based on Welsh, so if you follow those rules you can pronounce it properly. (for example, w is an "oo" sound, d sounds like "th". etc.)
Rich Baker put out a number of pronounciation examples as well; part of his "Lost Files" that came out several years back.
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05-10-2022, 10:15 PM #3
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Those I have. Not all of the words are covered (in Brechtur, Khinasi, Rjurik, or Vosgaard), however.
Like, how do you pronounce Dzhl? That one is probably easy, but there are others... Like Mesire... I'm not sure how to tackle that one. I want to say me-SEER, but its probably me-SIRE.
Should we post these words here and the community can hash them out...?Last edited by masterdaorin; 05-10-2022 at 10:18 PM.
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05-11-2022, 08:04 PM #4
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Not all languages are covered no. So you can pronounce those words however you want. Whatever works for your game!
That said, since the nations have real-world analogs, i'd just make the language match that. Brechtur is primarily based on Hanseatic Germany, so the language would sound heavily germanic, maybe with a bit of Dutch mixed in. Rjurik would be based on scandanavian languages, and Vos based on something slavic, such as Ukrainian or Russian (maybe with some Finnish). Khinasi is a bit trickier to my ear. They are loosely based on Moorish Spain, so perhaps a mix of Arabic with some Egyptian and maybe other north African influences.
So for me, i just consider how it'd sounds to the real-world analog, and go with that. No doubt i'm not perfect with it, but no one has ever complained.
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05-12-2022, 12:30 AM #5
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We do too, but I was just wondering if the community here has ever attempted it.
The problem, too, is that the game doesn't follow its own "rules" sometimes either. For example, I'm pretty sure Anuireans should be pronounced an-UR-EE-ans, like the audio file suggests, but I belief some other canon source says it's supposed to be: an-WEER-ee-ans.
It would just be nice to have some sort of consensus, I was thinking. I had the thought yesterday all of a sudden: how would you pronounce Aftane?
One of my players has always pronounced it: AHF-tain. But as I had that thought, it suddenly struck me that it's probably more like: ahf-TAN-eh. [edit: actually, < that is right, according to Google translate - lol]
Google translate isn't all that helpful with most of these words either... and since I don't speak any of the analog real-world languages... just curious if some of the community members who do speak those real-world languages could help...Last edited by masterdaorin; 05-12-2022 at 01:49 AM.
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05-12-2022, 03:40 PM #6
The problem with any attempt to define an accent is that there will often be local variations. For instance, you may be familiar with an American or French or English or German accent, even though you don't live there. However, there is more than one American/French/English/German accent, so your knowledge is probably not precise enough. Different regions will have different accents. A local accent from Cornwall is different to one from Liverpool and one from Manchester. Likewise, Swiss German and Bavarian German and Belgian German are quite different, even though they are still all speaking German.
Furthermore, some languages also require intonation or syllable accenting to be incorporated. It is not just what sounds you say but the length, pitch/es and stress you place on those sounds.
Most of these things are not discussed, except by linguists, interpreters and translators.
So yes, Anuireans speak the same language but they won't always say thinghs the same way. Likewise for elves and dwarves from different realms. Even the halflings in the Burrows might have terms and slight differences in how the locals from each province speaks, or what terms they use for certain foods and produces.
Sorontar, linguistLast edited by Sorontar; 05-12-2022 at 03:43 PM.
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