Before I actually start posting details about the history of Arnâron, I though I’d give a very basic guide to the pronunciation of names and other words in the local language. Basic, because I am still very much working on their language – it doesn’t even have a final name yet – and trust me, creating a language is about the hardest thing you’ll ever do in world building, especially if you have no background in linguistics.
The list will be in the following format:
X-Sampa : Latin character : Example
Consonants
/b/ : b : English bed
/t/ : t : English stew
/k/ : k : English cat
/p/ : p : English speak
/z/ : z : English zoo
/n/ : n : English nap
/m/ : m : English mouse
/d/ : d : English dig
/s/ : s : English seem
/R/ : r : German rein
/g/ : g : English game
/J/ : ny : Spanish año, English canyon
/j/ : y : English yes, French yeux
/v\/ : w : Dutch west
Vowels
/u/ : u : English boom
/A/ : â : English father
/i/ : i : English be
/e/ : e : English met, French ses
/o/ : o : French gros
/a/ : a : French dame
/y/ : û : French tu, German über
Of course these are the basic vowels and consonants only, but since I haven’t defined too many additional rules yet this list should probably suffice for now.