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Welsh name pronunciation

by Erin (guest)

6/27/2006, 6:37 PM

I was just wondering how to pronounce the following Welsh names. I believe they are all girls' names.

Angharad
Addiena
Adwen
Eirian
Esyllt
Llawella

Thanks

#pronunciation #Welsh

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- morfydd

6/28/2006, 2:55 AM

Angharad: the sound 'ngh' is a phonetic sound and the nearest you are likely to get is 'Ang: harad'.
Addiena: 'dd' is the hardest 'th' you can render - cf. 'that' Ah-thee-en-ah.
Adwen: as it sounds. Ah-dwen.
Eirian: Eye-ree-an.
Esyllt: to make the 'll' sound you have to put your tongue where you would to say 'l' and blow. Ess-illt.
Llawella: again the 'll', only twice over. Llah-well-ah.

The only one of these unlikely to lead to trouble in the English speaking world is Adwen. I love the name Angharad, but a great friend of that name warned me never to call a daughter by it!

This message was edited 6/28/2006, 5:42 AM

- Agata (ADT) +2

6/27/2006, 8:08 PM

Check the Comments on the right hand side. Some of those names have posted pronunciations.

- Erin (guest) +1

6/27/2006, 8:27 PM

I just checked, and only Angharad has a pronunciation posted.

- Lauren B (guest)

6/28/2006, 2:57 AM

The pronounciation given for Angharad has the stress on the wrong syllable- it's ANG-ar-ad, not ang-HAR-ad.
As far as the others go:
Adwen- AD-win
Eirian- EYE-ree-an
Llawella- loo-WELL-a

- Chrisell

6/27/2006, 6:54 PM

Eirian is IE-ree-an (EYE-ree-an).

♦ Chrisell ♦

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