Silmarillion Pronounciations

[Yodaman]

Not being fluent in Quenya or any other Tolkien laguages, there are several names of the characters I can't pronounce. Here are they are:

Eä
manwë
glaurung
Tinúviel

Can any of you help me? Thanks

[Nurvingiel]

I have the same problem with pronounciations, but here's how I do my best...

EH-ya
MAN-way
GLAH-rung
tin-OO-vee-el

I hope I have not just buctchered people's names. The all-caps syllables are the ones with emphasis. :)

[Durin1]

I think Glaurung has au in it which should be pronounced as "ow" e.g. Aule = Ow - lay

[Nurvingiel]

Oh, like Sauron = SOW-ron, same idea?

:o

[Durin1]

Oh, like Sauron = SOW-ron, same idea?

:o

Exactly!!

On a side note:

Has anyone ever heard the audio Silmarillion, read by Martin Shaw? He does an ok job but it is so annoying that he gets a lot of the pronunciation wrong; especially Aule (about 4 different versions - all incorrect), Maedhros, Nirnaeth etc (ae is pronounced as "eye" = Mythros for example). The worst is his pronunciation of Ainulindale, Eldalie etc. Again, le = leh/lay, not lur/er.

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

Until recently i said dh as dr not th! :o

[Durin1]

One eventually becomes so accustomed to the pronunciation in Tolkien's works that they crop up in every day readings, well for me at least :D I find that sometimes I have to check myself when I pronounce certain words. E.g when there's a word beginning with C I try and stop myself from pronouncing it as K.

[Elemmírë]

Exactly!!

On a side note:

Has anyone ever heard the audio Silmarillion, read by Martin Shaw? He does an ok job but it is so annoying that he gets a lot of the pronunciation wrong; especially Aule (about 4 different versions - all incorrect), Maedhros, Nirnaeth etc (ae is pronounced as "eye" = Mythros for example). The worst is his pronunciation of Ainulindale, Eldalie etc. Again, le = leh/lay, not lur/er.

ouch. That sounds painful. The "dh," though, isn't that supposed to be a hard th, as in "the" compared to "theory"? Gyaa, I could pronounce all the Quenya names, but my knowledge of Sindarin is somewhat lacking, I suppose... :o

*shudders again*

My tongue is feeling slightly funny from trying to figure out the different "th" pronunciations... :p

One eventually becomes so accustomed to the pronunciation in Tolkien's works that they crop up in every day readings, well for me at least I find that sometimes I have to check myself when I pronounce certain words. E.g when there's a word beginning with C I try and stop myself from pronouncing it as K.

I prefer the hard "C" anyway :D

[Manveru]

what about 'Eol'?

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

what about 'Eol'?
AY-ollh ?

[Minielin]

I've always said "EH-ohl"... that's most likely wrong... my only basis in fact is that EO is pronounced as two separate syllables, but... *shrug*

[Embladyne]

I always mispronounce things, and so I always ask EL....
but reading this thread is making me speak gibberish...good thing my roommate isn't around :)
the "ae" sound always confuses me, 'cause I always want to say "eh" when it's really like the "ae" in Gaea. It's that darn dysgraphia...causing me to see "ea" and not "ae"....rrrrr :mad:

[Telcontar_Dunedain]

what about 'Eol'?
I say OLE

[Durin1]

It is definitely pronounced "eh-oll"