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Vowels:
É – The long ‘é’ is prounced with a double e ‘ee’, like the word Beer in Engl.
I and Í – are pronounced like the I in Engl. word ‘hit’, and ‘ea’ in the word ‘beat’ (You may also use I in
place of J in ON)
Ú – The long ‘u’ is pronounced like the ‘o’ in the Engl. word ‘who’.
Y and Ý – are pronounced like the ‘ü’ in the Germ. word ‘Fürher’.
Æ – Is pronounced like ‘ea’ in the Engl. word ‘bear’. It will always be spoken ‘long’, as its short
counterpart is spoken like ‘e’, and is written as such.
Ø and Œ – Are pronounced like a short, and long Germ. ‘ö’ (long œ/ø)
The hooked ‘o’, known as an ‘open o’ is spelled with the letter ‘ö’ just like in German. It can be spelled
with an accent on top, or can be interchanged using ‘á'; both are pronounced the same.
Diftongs:
Ey – Is pronounced more like ‘øy’ (Island in Norwegian) and sounds like ‘oy’ in the English word ‘boy’.
You will follow the sound of the last two letters out.
Consonants:
Ð and ð – Are pronounced like the ‘th’ in the Engl. word ‘there’.
F – Spoken as a normal ‘f’ in Engl. when infront of an ‘s,k, and t’. Anywhere else, ‘f” becomes a ‘v’.
G – Spoken as an oridinary ‘g’ in Engl. If after ‘n’ it becomes fricative; ‘ng’ will be pronounced with the ‘g’
heard.
H – Spoken as an ordinary ‘h’ in Engl, unless it lay before a ‘v’. If before a ‘v’ then H is spoken as a harsh
‘ch’, like in Bach.
J – Spoken as an ordinary ‘y’ in Engl. You will not pronounce this letter like an Engl. ‘j’.
R – Will be rolled, as is done in Swedish. The ON ‘r’ is never to be syllabic, no matter how many
consonants precede it.
S – Is never voiced
Þ and þ – Are pronounced like the ‘th’ in the Engl. word ‘thing’. Alternatively you can use ‘Ð’ or ‘ð’.