PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
j, as in French.
ng, commencing a word, like the same letters terminating one.
ai or ei, as in aisle or eider.
au, as in German, or like ow in cow.
é, as in fête.
i (not followed by a consonant), as ee in see.
u (followed by a consonant), as in bull.
iu, as ew in new.
úi, as ooi in cooing.
h at the end of a name makes the preceding vowel short.
‘ in the middle of a word denotes an aspirate (h), as K‘ung = Khung.