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Notes on Pronunciation
The spellings and pronunciations of the names and words in THE KELTIAD are probably unfamiliar to most readers, unless one happens to be thoroughly steeped in things like the Mabinogion or the Cuchulainn cycle. The Celtic languages (Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Breton) upon which I have drawn for my nomenclature are not related to any tongue that might provide a clue as to their derivation or spoken sound. Outside of loan-words, they have no Latin root as do the Romance tongues, and they are in fact derived from a totally different branch of the Indo-European linguistic tree.
Therefore I have taken certain, not always consistent, liberties with orthography in the interests of reader convenience, though of course one may deal with the names any way one likes, or even not at all. But for those who might like to humor the author, ! have made this list of some of the more difficult names, words and phonetic combinations.
One further note, to those {and they are legion) whose Celtic linguistic scholarship exceeds my poor own: The words used herein are meant to be Keltic, not Celtic. I have appropriated fairly even-handedly from most of the Celtic languagesЧand from Elizabethan English and Lowland Scots (Lallans) as well where it seemed good to do soЧboth archaisms and words that are in common modern usage, and in not a few cases I have tampered with their meanings to suit my own purposes. Therefore do not be unduly alarmed should familiar words turn out to be not all they seem. Words may be reasonably assumed to change over time and distance; Keltia is very far away by both measures, and who is to say (if not I) what words they shall be speaking and what meaning those words shall have.
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But just in case that does not suffice to avert the wrath of the purists, I hereby claim prior protection under the Humpty-Dumpty Law: "When / use a word ... it means just what I choose it to meanЧneither more nor less." Now you are warned.
Vowels
Generally the usual, though a is mostly pronounced "ah" and ( never takes the sound of "eye," but always an "ee" or "ih" sound. Thus: "ard-ree" for Ard-righ, not "ard-rye." Final e is always sounded; thus: "Slay-nee" for Slaine, not "Slain"; Shane is pronounced as in English.
Vowel Combinations
aoi; ao: au:
ae, ai:
&: io:
"ee" as in "heel"
"ay" as in "pay"
"ow" as in "cow,
Jaun rhymes with
"I" as in "high.'
Aeron and Slaine, where the sound is
"day."
The accent gives it length. Thus, dan is pronounced
"dawn."
"ih" if unaccented. If accented (io), then "ee."
' never "aw" as in "saw"; thus crown," not with "fawn." Exceptions: the proper names ay" as in
THE THRONE OF SCONE
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Consonants
c: always a "k" sound. (To avoid the obvious problem here, the more usual Celt, Celtic, Celtia have been spelled Kelt, Keltic, Keltia, throughout.)
ch, kh: gutturals as in the German "ach," never "ch" as in "choose"
g: always hard, as in "get" or "give"
bh: pronounced as "v"
dd: pronounced as "th" in "then," not as in "thin"
Some of the more difficult names
Aeron: AIR-on
Aoibhell: ee-VELL
Gwydion: GWID-eeon
Rioghnach: REE-oh-nakh
Caerdroia: car-DROY-uh
Taoiseach: TEE-shokh