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    Default Sweboz Pronounciation?

    Just wondering if there's a name pronounciation guide out there for the Sweboz? I'm not actually certain how you would pronounce the faction name itself (Looks to me like it would sound like "Sway-boz" but I could be way off), let alone many of the names of the unit types...
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    I guess you are a native English speaker to ask such a question :P

    Each letter has one way of pronouncing it, especially when dealing with written reconstucted languages; wherever you see an "e" its and "e" as in "get", wherever you see an "a" it is as in "cat", an "i" as in "kit", an "o" as in "lot" and an "u" as "oo" in "look". Anywhere you might find them in a word, no matter what precedes or follows, all are pronounced it the same way as I just said. Same goes for Greek Latin and whatnot. In the Sweboz words, if you see a bar above a vowel it means you have to pronounce it long, as if two of them in a row were written.

    The "w" in the German words I suppose it is to be pronounced as "v", but then again it is anyone's guess how it was actually pronounced in that timeperiod; originally it must have been pronounced like the English "w", but what "originally" means is anyone's guess as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tiberius Nero
    I guess you are a native English speaker to ask such a question :P

    Each letter has one way of pronouncing it, especially when dealing with written reconstucted languages; wherever you see an "e" its and "e" as in "get", wherever you see an "a" it is as in "cat", an "i" as in "kit", an "o" as in "lot" and an "u" as "oo" in "look". Anywhere you might find them in a word, no matter what precedes or follows, all are pronounced it the same way as I just said. Same goes for Greek Latin and whatnot. In the Sweboz words, if you see a bar above a vowel it means you have to pronounce it long, as if two of them in a row were written.

    The "w" in the German words I suppose it is to be pronounced as "v", but then again it is anyone's guess how it was actually pronounced in that timeperiod; originally it must have been pronounced like the English "w", but what "originally" means is anyone's guess as well.
    Yep, native English speaker here ;P And thanks, that pretty much summed up what I needed to know!
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    Default Re: Sweboz Pronounciation?

    Isn't "a" pronounced like in "car". In "cat" it turns into an "ä". Although my only credentials are that I speak finnish which has quite a few similiarities with Proto-Germanic language. The "Háiláz Kuningáz!" bit in the Swêboz description cracks me up every time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thaatu
    Isn't "a" pronounced like in "car". In "cat" it turns into an "ä".
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    Damn English vowels :P

    The a in "car" is somewhat long, if I hear it correctly, that's why I didn't use it as an example.

    Oh and "j" is to be pronounced like "y" in "yes", "yoke" etc, it is not a "j" as in "jazz".
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