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Pronunciation Guide

It can be a little irritating to read fiction and not know how the author intended something to be pronounced! Below is a group of words from the Terran Fleet Command Saga that just might fit into that category. Please let me know if I've missed any that you would like to see added.

A

  • Aeneas uh - NEE - us
  • ALAI AL - ai (second syllable is long i sound)
  • Anubis uh - NOO - bis

B

  • Babayev BAH - bah - yev
  • Baldev BAL - dev
  • Banea buh - NAY - uh
  • Dryden Beck DRAI - dun BEK
  • Maya Beck MAI - uh BEK
  • Marko Budarin MAHR - koh boo - DAH - rin

C

  • Cannae KAN - ai
  • Zophar Cash ZOH - far KASH
  • Cossack KOS - ak
  • Denny Crawley DEN - ee KRAW - lee
  • Castigan Creel CAS - ti - gun CREEL
  • Crion KRY - on
  • Karoline Crull CARE - uh - line KRUHL

D

  • Damaran duh - MAHR - uhn
  • Ogima Davis oh - JEE - muh DAY - vis
  • Vina Dewar VEE - nuh duh - WAHR
  • Didara did - AR - ah
  • Sagari Dubashi sah - GAR - ee doo - BAH - shee

E

  • Estoria e - STOH - ree - uh

F

  • Ragini Freyda ruh - JEE - nee FRAY - duh

G

  • Ganahar GAN - uh - har
  • Gliese GLEES
  • Graca GRAHK - uh
  • Gresav GREE - sawv
  • Gunov GOO - nov
  • Gurkha GURK - uh

H

  • Hadeon HAY - dee - on
  • Helstaad HEL - stahd

J

  • Musa Jelani MOO - suh joo - LAW - nee

K

  • Karna KAHR - nuh
  • Keturah ket - OO - ruh
  • Khester KES - tur
  • Lisbeth Kistler LIS - beth KIST - lur
  • Koori KOO - ree

L

  • Lesheera le - SHEER - uh
  • Luyten's LUHCH - uhnz

M

  • Mandaru MAN - duh - roo
  • Woorin Miah WOOR - in MEE - uh
  • Miguel mih - GEHL

N

  • Javir Naftur jah - VEER NAF - toor
  • Rugali Naftur Roo - GAH - lee NAF - toor

O

  • Ophiuchi OF - ee - YOO - kee
  • Hiroto Oshiro hee - ROH - toh oh - SHEE - roh

P

  • Pelaran peh - LAHR - uhn

R

  • Mateus Rapoza muh - TAY - uhs ruh - POH - zuh
  • Rusalov ROO - suh - lov

S

  • Sajeth SAY - jeth
  • Naveen Sarafi nuh - VEEN suh - RAW - fee
  • Scarsdow SCARS - dow
  • Serapion se - RAP - eeon
  • Sherpa SHURP - uh
  • Shopak SHOH - pak

T

  • Verge Tahiri VURJ tuh - HEE - ree
  • Yuli Takkar YOO - lee tuh - KAHR
  • Talteca Tal - TEK - uh
  • Taphis TAY - fis
  • Tartan-Bowe TAHR - tun BOH
  • Gerald Tinian JERR - uhld TIN - ee - un
  • Nenir Turlaka nay - NEER toor - LAHK - uh

U

  • Ushant UH - shunt

W

  • David Waffer DEY - vid WAH - fur
  • Tommy Wildermuth TOM - ee WIL - dur - mooth

Y

  • Ditanu Yagani dit - AW - noo yuh - GAW - nee

Z

  • Zhelov ZEE - lov
  • Dmitri Nikolayevich Zhukov duh - MEE - tree ni - koh - LAHY - uh - vich ZOO - kov

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