Datacron Database:Pronunciation

Below are key pronunciation symbols to guide you in articulating words and names.

Note: an apostrophe (') is used after the emphasized syllable in each name.

The following text was taken from Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters page 10.

Vowels

• ă: short a sound as in the words bat and act.
• ā: long a sound as in the word age or rate.
• ä: open a sound used for words like part, calm, and father. It duplicates the short o sound of the word hot.
• ĕ: short e sound used in edge or set.
• ē: long e sound used in equal or seat.
• ēr: This vowel sound before r may range from ē through ĭ in different dialects.
• ĭ: short i sound used in hit or pit.
• ī: long i sound used in bite or whine.
• ŏ: short o sound used in hot and pot.
• oi: a diphthong vowel sound that is a combination of an ō and an ē, such as in the words boy and toy.
• ō: long o sound used in moan and tone.
• ōō: long o sound used in toot and hoot.
• ô: relatively long o used in order and border.
• ŏŏ: short double o sound used in book and tour.
• ŭ: the short u sound used in up and sum.
• ûr: the u sound used in turn and urge.

Consonants

• kh: a hard k pronounced at the back of the throat, such as in loch or ach.
• hw: a soft w sound used in the words who and what.