I do not claim that these are the correct Earth ways to pronounce any of these names, as I am borrowing heavily from languages which I have low familiarity with, but these are how I pronounce them in my head. This is only intended as a general guideline for those who like to know how the author intends various names and words to be pronounced; if you are comfortable with your own internal pronunciations, by all means just mark this chapter as read and ignore it. My own pronunciations are hardly completely internally consistent so I can’t blame you at all.
For the record, the Starchaser names are based loosely on Welsh.
It goes without saying that there are minor spoilers in this guide, but I will only be listing names with no context whatsoever, so the spoilers are very minor. I won’t even be sorting the names by people/place/origin/etc, they’re just listed alphabetically.
Aidan: AID-an (long A)
Ailis: AY-liss (long A)
Alektryon: AL-eck-tree-ON
Anwn: a-NOON
Aoife: EE-fa
Bannagh Macht: BAN-og MOCKED
Birgitte: bir-GIT-uh
Brigantia: bri-GAN-tee-uh
Braihan: BRAY-han (long A)
Brighid: BRIG-id
Brighaid: BRIG-hay-id
Brys: BREESE
Cadwaladr: kad-WALL-a-dur
Caer Macht: CARE MOCKED
Cai: KAY (long A)
Ceirios: KAY-ree-os
Cu-Uisce: koo EESH-ka
Dakhol: dak-HOLE
Derwyn: DUR-win
Ecgwen: ECK-gwen
Eilwen: ALE-when
Fionn: FINN
Fira: VEE-ra
Gerwyn: GER-win
Ivor: EE-vor
Lail: LAYL (rhymes with pale)
Llwyd: LOO-eed
Maeryn: MAY-reen
Neifion: NAY-fin
Pawl: PA-ool (it sounds very close to Paul, so just pronounce it that way if you prefer)
Riama: REE-ah-muh
Roark: ROARK (rhymes with fork)
Sarpedon: SAR-peh-don
Siwan: SEE-oo-an
Steffan: STEF-an
Sunnild: SOON-nild
Tannath Taig: TAN-nath TAYG (long A)
Torvald: TOR-vald
Ysbail: EES-bale
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