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1| Pronounciation

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Diphtongs

AI

fine, light

AE

fine, light

AU

now

AW

now

EI

play, say

OE

koi, toy

UI

ruin

Consonants

CH

Never as in 'church', always as in 'loch' or 'bach' from Scots/German

DH

The voiced 'th' sound as in 'these', or 'those' (not 'thing' or 'thief')

F

Beginning of word; soft as in 'father'. Anywhere else in the word; a 'v' as in 'verge'

HW

The older British English pronunciation of 'white', or with a slight breath before the 'w' as if the letters WH in 'white' were reversed

I

As mentioned above, it becomes a 'y' as in 'yacht' if before a vowel or starting a word

LH

The Welsh LL sound (as in 'llan'). For an approximation, pronounce this as if the letters were reversed and written HL

NG

At the beginning or end of a word, as in the English 'ring' or 'sing', otherwise as in 'finger'

RH

At the beginning of words only: This is what's known as a voiceless trilled R (for a rough guide pronounce it as if the H and trilled R were reversed, it should sound quite breathy with a slight trill)

W

At the end of a word you have two options for pronunciation. The Elves pronounced this like a W in 'woe', 'wight', but this is very difficult for a Man to replicate as you have to be exceptionally careful not to add in a 'schwa' (the vowel sound of the ER in 'butter', 'brother', or the AR in 'wizard').
The schwa sound does not exist in Sindarin.

The Gondorians pronounced a final W like a Sindarin U.
Anywhere else in a word a W should be pronounced as in 'wet' or 'woe'

ER

As in the word 'fair'

Accents

As you should have noticed, the vowels have variants with accents: A / Á /  - these denote the length of the vowel, going from shortest to longest, left to right - an  should have approximately twice the length of an A.

Syllable Stress

Number of syllables in the word

Where the stress falls

Two

On the first syllable (EL-rond, AR-wen)

Three or more

On the penultimate (second to last) syllable (i-SIL-dur, peri-ANN-ath)
or on the third to last syllable (gal-AD-ri-el)

long vowels: A, U, Y, any accented vowel, vowel/consonant combination or diphthong
Short vowels: E, I, O

Third to last syllable stress (antepenultimate):
This is used when the penultimate syllable contains a short vowel or any other vowel followed by just one consonant or consonant sound (TH is a single sound).
Attested examples:
Denethor (DE-ne-thor). NE is the penultimate syllable, but it contains the short vowel E, and so the stress falls back onto DE.
Boromir (BO-ro-mir). RO is the penultimate syllable, but it contains the short vowel O, and so again, the stress falls back onto BO instead.
Galadriel (ga-LAD-ri-el). RI is the penultimate syllable, but although it is followed by the vowel E, they are not a diphthong as they are two separate words so the I in RI remains short - thus the stress must switch to the syllable before it.

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1| Pronounciation

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Diphtongs

AI

fine, light

AE

fine, light

AU

now

AW

now

EI

play, say

OE

koi, toy

UI

ruin

Consonants

CH

Never as in 'church', always as in 'loch' or 'bach' from Scots/German

DH

The voiced 'th' sound as in 'these', or 'those' (not 'thing' or 'thief')

F

Beginning of word; soft as in 'father'. Anywhere else in the word; a 'v' as in 'verge'

HW

The older British English pronunciation of 'white', or with a slight breath before the 'w' as if the letters WH in 'white' were reversed

I

As mentioned above, it becomes a 'y' as in 'yacht' if before a vowel or starting a word

LH

The Welsh LL sound (as in 'llan'). For an approximation, pronounce this as if the letters were reversed and written HL

NG

At the beginning or end of a word, as in the English 'ring' or 'sing', otherwise as in 'finger'

RH

At the beginning of words only: This is what's known as a voiceless trilled R (for a rough guide pronounce it as if the H and trilled R were reversed, it should sound quite breathy with a slight trill)

W

At the end of a word you have two options for pronunciation. The Elves pronounced this like a W in 'woe', 'wight', but this is very difficult for a Man to replicate as you have to be exceptionally careful not to add in a 'schwa' (the vowel sound of the ER in 'butter', 'brother', or the AR in 'wizard').
The schwa sound does not exist in Sindarin.

The Gondorians pronounced a final W like a Sindarin U.
Anywhere else in a word a W should be pronounced as in 'wet' or 'woe'

ER

As in the word 'fair'

Accents

As you should have noticed, the vowels have variants with accents: A / Á /  - these denote the length of the vowel, going from shortest to longest, left to right - an  should have approximately twice the length of an A.

Syllable Stress

Number of syllables in the word

Where the stress falls

Two

On the first syllable (EL-rond, AR-wen)

Three or more

On the penultimate (second to last) syllable (i-SIL-dur, peri-ANN-ath)
or on the third to last syllable (gal-AD-ri-el)

long vowels: A, U, Y, any accented vowel, vowel/consonant combination or diphthong
Short vowels: E, I, O

Third to last syllable stress (antepenultimate):
This is used when the penultimate syllable contains a short vowel or any other vowel followed by just one consonant or consonant sound (TH is a single sound).
Attested examples:
Denethor (DE-ne-thor). NE is the penultimate syllable, but it contains the short vowel E, and so the stress falls back onto DE.
Boromir (BO-ro-mir). RO is the penultimate syllable, but it contains the short vowel O, and so again, the stress falls back onto BO instead.
Galadriel (ga-LAD-ri-el). RI is the penultimate syllable, but although it is followed by the vowel E, they are not a diphthong as they are two separate words so the I in RI remains short - thus the stress must switch to the syllable before it.

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