Pronunciation Guide

J.R.R. Tolkien Forum

All right, lets face it, some of the words Tolkien uses are positively impossible to pronounce. Here is a thread to discuss hard tolkien words, and how to correctly pronounce them.
For example: Sauron. its not pronounced Soaron, but more like Souron.
Same with Smaug. essentially whenever the letters AU appear, they should be pronounced like OU.
get it?
good. now lets begin.

C is pronounced as a K at least in names.

H is pronunce as a G isn't it.

Great thread Shadow. I had just looked up Smaug yesterday
Pronunciation: smowg ('ow' as in 'now')

Feanor=Pronunciation: feh'anor

"ea"---whenever e and a are together they are pronounced as two syllables.

How is Silmaril and Silmarillion pronounced?

Maiar- Pronunciation: my'arr
(The final 'r' should be pronounced; 'rr' is used here to emphasise this)

Ainur-Pronunciation: eye'noor ('eye' as in the English word)

Maedhros-Pronunciation: My'thros ('th' as in English 'these')
Celegorm-Pronunciation: ke'legorm

Dain Ironfoot is pronounced Da-in Ironfoot