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Archon is a real word. So I'll just point you to the pronunciation.
I pronounce Achenar Ak'enar, based on the real world pronunciation of 'Acheron'.
Chnumar and Chona seem made up so I'd just pronounce them with whatever cultural influence I imagine colonised those systems.
*Archon was probably my favourite game on the C64.
I pronounce Achenar Ak'enar, based on the real world pronunciation of 'Acheron'.
Chnumar and Chona seem made up so I'd just pronounce them with whatever cultural influence I imagine colonised those systems.
*Archon was probably my favourite game on the C64.
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"Achenar" comes from Arabic, so the sound is a voiceless uvular fricative. I'd render it as /'aXə,nar/ (I'm Scottish, so I pronounce post-vocalic Rs)
"Chnumar" I'd pronounce as /'xnu,mar/ with the same sound at the beginning.
"Archon" would be /'ar,kon/ for me, as it's clearly drawn from the pronunciation of "anarchy," which has a hard /k/ sound in modern English.
"Chona," for me, would have a standard English "ch" sound, probably because it's unusual for words in English to start with that digraph and not take the voiceless alveolar affricate sound as in "Charlie."
I'd pronounce it /'t͡sɔnə/.
"Chnumar" I'd pronounce as /'xnu,mar/ with the same sound at the beginning.
"Archon" would be /'ar,kon/ for me, as it's clearly drawn from the pronunciation of "anarchy," which has a hard /k/ sound in modern English.
"Chona," for me, would have a standard English "ch" sound, probably because it's unusual for words in English to start with that digraph and not take the voiceless alveolar affricate sound as in "Charlie."
I'd pronounce it /'t͡sɔnə/.
Concur.
Ian Phillips
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Achenar = Achoo
Chnumar = Chooma
Archon (Delaine) = Archoo
Chona = Chooona
Chnumar = Chooma
Archon (Delaine) = Archoo
Chona = Chooona
Hope you get over that cold soon, it sounds terrible
I would pronounce...
Achenar - Akenar or Ashenar
Chnumar - Shnoomar
Archon - Arkon
Chona - shona
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"Achenar" and "Archon" both derive from languages (Arabic and Greek) that use a "Ch" consonant that isn't spoken in English. Conventions on exactly how to treat such borrowed words vasry from region to region. For me:
Achenar: Akker-nah
Archon: Ark-on.
Chnumar: It isn't a "real star system" and if it's a "real word", I don't know what language it is in. I'd say "Cha-noo-mah" if I had to say it.
Chona: Same comment as above. I'd say "Cho-nah".
It might just be my Australian accent speaking.
Achenar: Akker-nah
Archon: Ark-on.
Chnumar: It isn't a "real star system" and if it's a "real word", I don't know what language it is in. I'd say "Cha-noo-mah" if I had to say it.
Chona: Same comment as above. I'd say "Cho-nah".
It might just be my Australian accent speaking.
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The100thmonkey, Sapyx: You mean this consonant?https://translate.google.cz/m/translate#cs/en/chata
Arabic speaker here! maybe i should record how I pronounce them lol
What he said.
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Silly question. With voiceless velar/uvular fricative of course. You can do it with the epiglottis, too if you want.
English speakers are not too familiar with it - the Scottish "loch" gives you an idea maybe how to sound it.
Edit: ninjaed!
English speakers are not too familiar with it - the Scottish "loch" gives you an idea maybe how to sound it.
Edit: ninjaed!
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Ian Phillips
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Isn't that a type of fish?
Could be - I may have spelled it wrong, or missed an apostrophe though.
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Yeah, that's what I linked.
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I speak in language where we say that "Ch", but I would guess that those names will be pronounced in somewhat English way.