KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES.
- a
- as in fat.
- ā
- as in fate.
- ä
- as in father.
- ȧ
- as in |ask.
- e
- as in pen.
- ē
- as in mete.
- ė
- as in her.
- i
- as in pin.
- ī
- as in pine.
- o
- as in not.
- oi
- as in oil, boy.
- ou
- as in pound, proud.
- ō
- as in note.
- ö
- as in move.
- u
- as in tub.
- ̤ū
- as in mute.
- ̇u
- as in pull.
A double dot under a vowel in an unaccented syllable indicates
that its sound is almost that of the short u in but, tub, etc.̤ū
as ̤ä in America, ̤e in prudent, ̤i in charity, ̤o in actor, ̤ē in the
book, ̤ū in nature.