A Brief Guide to Welsh Pronunciation c a hard 'c' sound {Cadfael} ch a non-English sound as in Scottish 'ch' in 'loch' {Fychan} dd a buzzy 'th' sound, as in 'there' {Ddu; Gwynedd} f as in 'of' {Cadfael} ff as in 'off' {Gruffydd} g a hard 'g' sound, as in 'gas' {Goronwy} l as in 'lamp' {Llywelyn} ll a breathy 'thl' sound that does not occur in English {Llywelyn} rh a breathy mix between 'r' and 'rh' that does not occur in English {Rhys} th a softer sound than for 'dd,' as in 'thick' {Arthur} u a short 'ih' sound {Gruffydd}, or a long 'ee' sound {Cymru-pronounced 'kumree'} w as a consonant, it's an English 'w' {Llywelyn}; as a vowel, an 'oo' sound {Bwlch} y the only letter in which Welsh is not phonetic. It can be an 'ih' sound, as in 'Gwyn,' is often an 'uh' sound {Cymru}, and at the end of the word is an 'ee' sound {thus, both Cymru-the modern word for Wales-and Cymry-the word for Wales in the Dark Ages-are pronounced 'kumree'}
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