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Appendices
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• CHARACTERS AND THEIR INCARNATIONS
• GLOSSARY




A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words
The language spoken in Deverry is a member of the P-Celtic family. Although
closely related to Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, it is by no means identical to any of
these actual languages and should never be taken as such.

Vowels are divided by Deverry scribes into two classes: noble and common.
Nobles have two pronunciations; commons, one.

A as in father when long; a shorter version of the same sound, as in far, when
short.

O as in bone when long; as in pot when short.

W as the oo in spook when long; as in roof when short.

Y as the i in machine when long; as the e in butter when short.

E as in pen.

I as in pin.

U as in pun.

Vowels are generally long in stressed syllables; short in unstressed. Y is the

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primary exception to this rule. When it appears as the last letter of a word, it is
always long whether that syllable is stressed or not.