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Thanks to Ben Platt, for finding this
guide at raven.cc.ku.edu/~cmed/rehnotes/latin.html. It
is posted here with one small change from Kent regarding the
pronunciation of the letter "S".
SUNG
ECCLESIASTICAL LATIN (ROMAN)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
| Vowels |
Pronunciation |
Examples |
| a
= ah |
as in
father |
ad, mater |
| e
= eh |
as in met |
te, video |
| i
= ee |
as in
machine, feet |
in, qui |
| o
= aw |
as in
bought |
gloria,
omnis |
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u = oo
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as in
tutor, coo |
cum, summus |
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| Two Vowels
Together |
Pronunciation |
Examples |
| ae
= eh |
as in met |
prae, illae |
| oe
= eh |
as in met |
coelum,
coepi |
| au
= ah and oo |
two
distinct syllables |
aut, lauda |
| eu
= eh and oo |
two
distinct syllables |
euge |
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| Consonants |
Pronunciation |
Examples |
| c
(before e,i, ae, oe) |
as ch in
church |
certus,
cibus |
| ch=k |
as in ache |
Christus |
| g
(before e ,i, ae, oe) |
soft, as in
gentle |
gens, agit |
| g
(before other letters) |
hard, as in
go |
gratis, glo |
| gn |
ny as in
canyon |
angnus,
ignis |
| h |
silent |
except h
sounds as k in mihi, nihil |
| j
(or consonant i) |
as y in yes |
Jesus,
Justus |
| r |
slightly
rolled on the tongue |
carnis |
| s |
as s in
sing
sometimes light "z" |
miser,
fides
eleison |
| sc
(before a, o, u or a consonant ) |
as sc in
scope |
scutum,
Pascha |
| sc
(before e, i, oe, ae, and i) |
as sh in
shall |
descendit,
scio |
| th |
as t in ten |
Thomas |
ti
(when followed by a vowel
and proceeded by any letter
except s, t, or x) |
as tsee |
bratia,
etiam |
x
(in words beginning ex-
and followed by a vowel, h, or s ) |
as ks |
exaudi, pax |
| xc
(before e, ae, oe, i) |
as ksh |
excelsis =ekshelsees |
| z |
as dz |
zizania |
in = een; excelsis =
ekshelsees; Deo = Deh-aw; hominibus =
awmeeneeboos; te = teh; Jesu = Yeh-soo
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