4.13.6 Achaean Pronunciation
Achaean pronunciation is not always what you might expect. Here are a few
examples to get you going in the right direction:
Achaea - uh-KAY-uh (the AY sound rhymes with PAY)
Sarapis - SARA-piss
Mithraea - Mith-RAY-uh
Keresis - KEH-reh-sis (rhymes with "Nemesis")
Neraeos - Ner-AY-oss (rhymes with "Her ray moss")
Selene - Sell-EEN
Aegis - AY-jiss (the AY sound rhymes with PAY)
Tarah - TARE-uh (the TARE rhymes with AIR)
Ashtan - ASH-tan (rhymes with "CASH man")
Cyrene - SIGH-reen (rhymes with "MY spleen")
Hashan - hah-SHAWN (rhymes with "baton")
Eleusis - eh-LOO-sis (rhymes with "eh? BLUE kiss")
Mhaldor - MALL-door (rhymes with "Tall boar")
Shallam - Shah-LAHM (rhymes with "pa TOM")
Sewer - SOO-ur (sounds like "BLUE-fur")
Tizane - TEE-zah-neh (rhymes with "FREE-pah-meh")
Asztrik - ah-s-trick (rhymes with "POSS-trick")
Gerzson - G-air-zh-own (rhymes with "hair-z*one")
(*"z" as in "azure")
Prioska - Pree-OWE-SH-kah (rhymes with "tea ghost ma")
Kx'Khrah - kuks-KH-RAH ("kh" is like the German "ch" in "Achtung!")
(the "u" is really an unstressed "schwa")
Tsol'aa - SOL-ahh
Humgii - Humm-gee (the "g" is hard, as in "gag")
Doubtless many more could be given. This is just a sample.
