PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS

The Diacritical Marks given are those found in the latest edition of Webster's International Dictionary.

EXPLANATION OF DIACRITICAL MARKS.

A Dash (¯) above the vowel denotes the long sound, as in fāte, ēve, tīme, nōte, ūse.

A Dash and a Dot (-̇) above the vowel denote the same sound, less prolonged.

A Curve (˘) above the vowel denotes the short sound, as in ădd, ĕnd, ĭll, ŏdd, ŭp.

A Dot ( ̇) above the vowel a denotes the obscure sound of a in pȧst, ȧbāte, Amĕricȧ.

A Double Dot (¨) above the vowel a denotes the broad sound of a in fäther, älms.

A Double Dot (..) below the vowel a denotes the sound of a in ba̤ll.

A Wave (~) above the vowel e denotes the sound of e in hẽr.

A Circumflex Accent (^) above the vowel o denotes the sound of o in bôrn.

ḗ sounds like e in dḗpĕnd.

ṓ sounds like o in prṓpōse.

ç sounds like s.

c̵ sounds like k.

ṣ̱ sounds like z.

ḡ is hard as in ḡet.

ġ is soft as in ġem.

Amsterdam (Ăm'stẽrdăm).

Apocrypha (ȧ pŏḱrĭ fȧ).

Aramaic (Ărȧmā'ĭc̵).

Asenath (Āsē'năth).

Assyria (Ăssy̆r'ĭȧ).

Azarias (Ăzȧrī'ăs).

Bathsheba (Băthshē'bȧ).

Bethlehem (Bĕth'lēhĕm).

Bildt (bēlt).

Braun (brown).

Breestraat (brā'strät).

burgher (bẽr'gẽr).

Capernaum (c̵āpẽr'nāŭm).

Cassel (käs'sĕl).

chiaroscuro (kyä rṓ sk'rṓ).

Cleopas (c̵lē'ōpăs).

Cocq (kōk̄).

Coppenol (kŏp'pḗ nŏ).

Creusa (c̵rēū́sȧ).

cuirass (kwē räs').

cymar (sī mär').

doelen (d'lĕn).

Ecbatane (ĕk băt'ȧ nŭ).

Elsbroek (ĕls'brk).

Emmaus (Emmā'ŭs (or ĕm'mā ŭs)).

Enemessar (Enēmĕs'săr).

Ephraim (E'phrāĭm).

etzn (ĕt'zn̆).

Friesland (frēz'lȧnd).

Fromentin (frṓ-mŏN-tăN').

Gabael (Găb'ā̇ĕl (or gā̇'bā̇ ĕl)).

Galileo (Gălĭlē'ṓ).

Gennesaret (Ġĕnnĕs'ȧrĕt).

Goethe (ḡẽ'tŭ).

Hague (hāg).

Hamelin (hä'mĕ lĭn).

Hanfstaengl, Franz (hänf'stāngl fränts).

Hatto (hăt'ṓ).

Hillegom (hĭl'lḗ gŏm).

Israel (ĭz'rā̇-ĕl).

Jason (Jā'sŏn).

Jericho (Jĕr'ĭc̵hō).

Joden (yō'dĕn).

Lastman, Pieter (läst'män pē'tẽr).

Leyden (lī'dĕn).

Louvre (ĺvr).

Manasseh (mȧ năs'sŭ).

Manoah (Mā̇nō'ȧh).

Mater Dolorosa (mā'tẽr dŏl ṓ rō'sȧ).

Medæa (mḗ dē'ȧ).

Media (mē'dĭ ȧ).

Michel (mḗ shĕl').

Muiderberg (moi'de̯r bĕrg).

Nazareth (Năz'ȧrĕth).

Nineveh (nĭn'ḗ vŭ).

Odalisque (ō'dȧ lĭsk).

Padanaram (Pādȧnā'rȧm).

Palestine (Păl'ĕstīne).

Peniel (Pḗnī'ḗl).

Penuel (Pḗnū'ĕl).

Purmerland (Pŭr'mẽrlănd).

Rages (Rā'gēs).

Raguel (Rā̇gū'ĕl (or răg'ū ĕl)).

Raphael (rä'fā-ĕl).

Rembrandt (rĕm'brănt).

Ruytenberg, Willem van (roi'te̯n bĕrg wĭl'lĕm vän).

Ryks (Rȳks).

Saskia (säs'kḗ ȧ).

Sennacherib (Sĕnnăch'ḗrĭb).

Simeon (Sĭm'ē̇ŏn).

Six, Jan (sēx yän).

Stuttgart (stt'gärt).

Sylvius, Jan Cornelis (sĭl'vḗ s yän kṓr nē'lĭs).

Syndic (Sy̆n'dĭc̵).

Swanenburch (swä'nĕn brk).

Tigris (Tī'grĭs).

Tobias (Tṓbī'ăs).

Tobit (Tō'bĭt).

Trippenhuis (trĭp'pĕn hois).

Uylenborch, Rombertus van (oi'lĕn bṓrk rŏm bĕr'ts vän).

Vlaerdingen (vlär'dĭng ĕn).

Vondel (vŏn'dĕl).

Wijmer (wī'mẽr).