Broken Glass - Taekook

Glossary/Pronunciation Guide

This is just a guide, to show how I imagine/pronounce some words. As the story develops, this chapter will be updated alongside chapters, to make it easier to access if anyone wants to use it. This is designed specifically for the words that have been created for this book, such as town names, creature names, phrases in the language made for this book (and it's not a full-on language, I just created some words, phrases, and basic grammar rules so it works for the book). It will translate certain words, as well, so that if you want to know what certain parts of the language mean, you can find it here.

A small guide to some sounds, since I don't know the phonetic alphabet and different people will read different things in different ways:
AH - like the 'ar' in 'dark'
er - like the 'er' in 'water' or the 'ir' in 'girl'
Any double consonant - aspirated or exaggerated eg. 'TT' would sound stronger than a usual 't'
r - like the 'r' in 'record'
R - made in the back of the throat, like the start of the french word 'regarder'

If there's anything I need to add to that list, please let me know! The guide above is not meant as an attack on anyone, more of a clarification. I will do my best to make things alphabetical, but I can't promise that I'll be able to keep it like that the whole way through. We'll see what happens!

In addition, if I use phonetic spellings that are words in English, I'm likely to just use them without a prior explanation. For example, 'or', and 'eye' have been left without an explanation.

Place/Language names:

Eithyr: kingdom name.
Pronunciation: EYE-ther

[Old] Eithyrian: language name.
Pronunciation: EYE-th-ear-ee-an

Karulian: language name.
Pronunciation: CCAH-rul-ee-an

Kinzul Viyo: Mountain in northeastern Eithyr, translates to 'The Wild Boar'
Pronunciation: KIN-zuhl Vee-Yoh

Shylrennor: a tower near Hazelpoint with a terrible backstory
Pronunciation: Shill-Ren-or (in this case the 'i' is like 'ill' and the 'e' is like 'pen')

Taju k'Eithyr: Tallest mountain in Eithyr, translates to 'Eithyr's Crown'.
Pronunciation: TA-joo k-EYE-ther

Sojal: Mountain in the northeast of Eithyr, translates to 'The Watcher'.
Pronunciation: SOH-jal

Unekadi: The river that passes through the centre of Hazelpoint
Pronunciation: OO-neck-ah-dee

Yarolian Plains: A savannah in the far northwest of Eithyr. Known as the kingdom of the faeries.
Pronunciation: Yah-ROH-Lee-an

Old Eithyrian:

Fi te cœa, onii éla: May happiness live in your heart
Pronunciation: Fee ter coh-ay-ah, oh-nee ay-lah

Le démata: Destroy him
Pronunciation: Ler day-mah-tah

S'ta brilla aurina: May the sun shine over you
Pronunciation: Star Brill-Ah Or-reen-ah

S'ta rira tharma: May fortune smile over you
Pronunciation: Star REAR-ah th-AH-mah

Ta sei jurtua: We will not hurt/harm you
Pronunciation: Tah Sie-jert-ooo-ah (the j is a soft sound if that makes any sense)

Te tensumi: Your Majesty
Pronunciation: ter ten-soo-mee

Karulian:

no phrases yet

Creature/individual names:

Aphelia: a Gaklea who lives with the Kim family
Pronunciation: AY-feel-ee-ah

Arlayna: The queen of the faeries, who are a small but extremely powerful civilisation from the Yarolian Plains in the northwest of Eithyr.
Pronunciation: AH-Lay-nah

Faerie: A very small winged creature that relies on natural energy in order to perform magical feats. Most faeries live in the Yarolian Plains, and they are ruled over by Arlayna.
Pronunciation: exactly like 'fairy'.

Gaklea: a form of creature. Characterised as a ball of light, spreads positive energy.
Pronunciation: Gahk-LEE-AH

Karulian Knights: A cult-like group that enforce the king's rule and corrupt the magic of Eithyr. Organised in a strict hierarchy, they train new members and encourage fear and confusion throughout the kingdom. They are the cause of Cursed Towers.