How is Rock's true name pronounced

[Lopen stormblessed]

Have no clue as to how Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamor is pronounced.

[Calderis he/him]

Noo-moo-hoo-koo-mah-kee-ah-kee-eye-ah-loon-ah-more. 

[Lopen stormblessed]

Thanks

[Khyrindor he/him]

I pronounce it slightly differently. Noo-moo-hoo-koo-mah-kee-ah-kee-ay-ah-loo-nah-more

[Elandera she/her]

I've always found the Horneater language to be very Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Those languages tend to have only one sound per letter, and nearly every letter is pronounced. It's very phonetic.

[anna she/her]

My brain usually fuzzes over the middle, so the way I've been pronouncing it is:  noo-moo ... ... loon-ah-more

[Pagerunner he/him]

If you want to hear Brandon pronounce it, we've got it on a recording over in Arcanum:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/175/#e8411

[Khyrindor he/him]

1 hour ago, Pagerunner said:

If you want to hear Brandon pronounce it, we've got it on a recording over in Arcanum:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/175/#e8411

I was RIGHT

[Snorkel]

That's weird.

It reads like it's based on Polynesian language family.  If so it should be as Calderis typed it.

[Calderis he/him]

Brandon has flat out said he pronounces Kelsier different than the in world pronunciation. He's also said pronounce things how you want... 

So with both of those facts, I stand by my interpretation. 

[Snorkel]

16 hours ago, Elandera said:

I've always found the Horneater language to be very Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Those languages tend to have only one sound per letter, and nearly every letter is pronounced. It's very phonetic.

These languages do have dipthongs also.  "ai" - pronounced as eye being a common one that's used here.

Au is another, pronounced kind of like "ahw".  Think Maui, it's Mahw-ee, not Mah-ooh-ee

Edit: another "Ei" pronounced ey. Hei-hei is hey-hey, not Heh-ee-heh-ee

 

Edit edit: you can sometimes pick the dipthongs from the double vowels by the lack of the apostrophe to indicate glottal stop.

Edited April 4, 2018 by Snorkel

[Calderis he/him]

1 minute ago, Snorkel said:

These languages do have dipthongs also.  "ai" - pronounced as eye being a common one that's used here.

Au is another, pronounced kind of like "ahw".  Think Maui, it's Mahw-ee, not Mah-ooh-ee

It is based on those languages. 

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isotopes_ftw

I've always pictured Rock and the Unkalaki / Horneaters as Pacific Islanders. Are they based on Pacific Islanders despite their red hair?

Brandon Sanderson

Their linguistics and some parts of their culture are based on Pacific Islanders, though their physical characteristics are not.

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When I first read the book, the way Rock spoke I heard a Russian accent... Then he said his name and it was as it should have been all along. 

[Stark he/him]

But now I want to hear his name spoken with a Russian accent....