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Sunday, 2 September 2007

Pronouncing Enochian

Enochian
Roman
Sound
Terminal
A
ah
ah
B
b
bay
C
k
kah
D
d
dah
E
ay
ay
F
f
eff
G
g
gee
H
h
hay
I
ee
ee
L
l
lah
M
m
mee
N
n
noo
O
oh
oh
P
p
pay
Q
k
koh
R
r
ar
S
s
ess
T
t
tay
V
v
vah
X
ex
ex
Z
zoad
zoad


Enochian consonants pick up the sound of the vowel if there is a vowel following them. Thus TIA is pronounced as a two syllable word - Tee-ah. The consonant T and the vowel I blend to make the Tee, but the vowel A stands alone and is given its pronunciation of "ah"

Because you can't really make a consonant sound without a terminal vowel (oriental languages aside), consonants that don't have a vowel after them get an arbitrary vowel sound.

If you're familiar with Hebrew you're already familiar with this concept - the tetragrammaton YHWH is pronounced Yod-Heh-Vau-Heh, or some similar arrangement (depending on dialect, etc.) The chart illustrates appear to be the standard terminal values when the consonant occurs without a vowel.

The Enochian word VMPLIF is prounounced Vah-mee-pay-lee-eff. V, M, and P aren't followed by vowles, but the L is followed by I, and becomes one syllable - lee. The F doesn't have a vowel and so stands alone.

Enochian is meant to be "vibrated"- chanted or being sung, if you've ever heard a psalm being sung that's the general tone.

In general, when you have to pronounce Enochian during the game, it will be written out in syllabic form, for easy reading.

(Source: Vialarp)