C

always hard value of K (hard C)

AI

pronounced like YE in 'rye'

CH

like 'bach' or 'loch' never 'church'

EI

pronounced like EY in 'grey'

DH

like 'then' never 'thin'

UI

pronounced like UI in 'pursuing'

normal F in words, at end sound of V

AU & AW pronounced like 'loud' never 'laud'

hard value like in 'goat'

AE

may be pronounced like YE in 'rye'

like 'house'

OE

may be pronounced like OY in 'boy'

like 'leg'

LH

voiceless L (see lesson 1 on voicing)

DOUBLE CONSONANTS are similar to long vowels

NG

like 'sing' or 'finger'

in that their sound is simply longer in duration than a

PH

same sound like English F

trilled R in all positions

RH

voiceless R

like 'sent' never like 'as'

TH

voiceless like 'thin'

monosyllables are usually marked with the

sound of English V

CIRCUMFLES, sine in these cases the vowels teneded

sound of English W

to be especially prolonged. Remember the length of a

HW

voiceless W

single consonant

long vowels are usually marked with the ACUTE

ACCENT. In Sindarin long vowels in stressed

vowel (except '') is never changed in the sound itself

but rather the DURATION of the vowel sound.

ah 'father'

eh 'bed'

ih 'sick', or at beginning of word 'yore'

Final E is never silent. In Sindarin, vowels at the end of

words are always pronounced. Example: bronwe

and ee 'feet'
O

o in 'hot', rounder than modern English

u in 'put'

pronounced like U in French 'lune'

ER

pronounced as in English 'air'

IR

pronounced as in English 'near'

UR

pronounced as in English 'poor'

Acute Accent: The acute accent ( ) is a symbol used

to denote long vowels.
Circumflex: The circumflex ( ^ ) is a symbol used to
denote extra long vowel sounds used mostly in
one-syllable words because their vowels when so
indicated were especially long in duration.
Voicing: A voiced sound is a sound in which your
vocal cords vibrate. For example, voicing is the
difference between English F and V (V being voiced).
Vowels are usually always voiced as well as many
consonants (at least in Sindarin). An unvoiced sound
is one in which the vocal cords are not vibrating. You
can tell if a sound is voiced by placing your hand on
your throat and drawing out the sound. If you feel a
buzzing, you know the sound is voiced.

mbol used

g voiced).