The Santara Pronunciation Guide

The pronunciation guide for 'The Santara Commentaries'.

The Santara Archipelago is where cultures and peoples meet; merchants and invaders come and go. Creole languages and borrowed words reign supreme. Thus, pronunciations can at times be wonky. The following is a guide on how to pronounce the places, nations, and ethnicities all around Santara.

Keep in mind that this guide is written with the English-language in mind.

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Kingdoms

Dun-a-din - dune-ah-deen

Leste - less-tay

Paloe - pah-loo

Puncak - poon-chahk

Tionghoa - tee-yong-hoe-ah / tyong-who-wah

Cities

Bandar- bahn-dahr

Borobudur - bohr-oh-boo-duhr

Hulao - who-laow

Kampung - kahm-poohng

Khmer - kh-mehr

Manado - mah-na-doe

Minasa - mee-na-sah

Mocasar - moh-kah-sahr

Timor - tee-mohr

Geography

Arafura - ah-rah-foo-rah

Australis - oss-tray-lis

Iryan - eer-yahn

Kaliman - kah-lee-mahn

Komodo - koh-moh-doe

Malang - mah-lahng

Malar - mah-lahr

Nanmadol - nahn-mah-dohl

Santara - sahn-tah-rah

Seribu - sir-ree-boo

Sheram - shay-rahm

Sunda - soon-dah

People

Goyan - goh-yahn

Hitam - hee-tahm

Khmerian - kh-mehr-e-yahn

Nodian - nod-e-yahn

Yakobin - yah-koh-been

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