Pronunciation of all things Zelda

[YIGAhim]

Ghirahim // gear uh him

FINALLY!

 

[Jirohnagi]

Fi=Fee you barbarians

gonna point out Japanese wording is PHI.... so that makes you the barbarian

 

[YIGAhim]

Well, Fi's name reminds me of that bird from Mario And Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, that flaps around and yells "Fie"

 

[AncientPoe]

gonna point out Japanese wording is PHI.... so that makes you the barbarian

It really isn't

 

[Jirohnagi]

It really isn't

Yeah i got it mixed it's actually Fai for japanese or something ^^

Ironically ZD is the biggest result for "Japanese pronunciation of Fi"

 

[Deleted member 84722]

Lets see how Google's text to speech engine handles some of these:

• Gerudo - ger•oo•doh
• Deku - deh•koo
• Fi - fie
• Ghirahim - gear•ah•heem
• Akkala - ak•ah•la
• Hateno - hay•teh•no
• Kakariko - kah•kah•ree•ko
• Vaati - vah•tee
• Farore - fah•roar
• Sahashrala say•hash•raw•la (less emphasis on 'say')
  
• Mido - My•doh

Final Verdict: Google's TTS engine does a really good job at pronouncing most of these.

I did not do a lot of these since you can easily try it yourself.

 

[YIGAhim]

My Verdict: Google Text to Speech can hardly be trusted xD

 

[Deleted member 84722]

My Verdict: Google translate is awful, and can hardly be trusted xD

I will agree that Google Translate itself is trash, but the main issue with this statement is the fact that TTS is not translating text between languages, but instead it is synthesizing speech from given text. In this specific case, I used words from the Legend of Zelda to see how a TTS engine would handle it. I was amazed with the fact that even handled these.

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

So it seems like nobody has pronounced Hylia yet. We've got a baby due in October and if it's a girl, we're naming her Hylia (after a beautiful lake where I spent a lot of time as a kid, as I told my wife) and I'd like to find out how people might pronounce it. I pronounce it phonetically as High-lee-uh. I believe the name is Scandinavian where they might pronounce it with the same technicality with which they pronounce Helga (Uhl-gah). How would you pronounce it?

Also, is Fi being pronounced Fai actually canon? And if so, where is this found? I always figured it was pronounced the way Latin would pronounce it, Fai, in Latin meaning trustworthy or faithful, a fitting name for Link's faithful companion. I was surprised to find out that people pronounced it Fee, especially as it's so harsh on the ear!

 

[YIGAhim]

We've got a baby due in October

Aww! Hylia will be a cute baby name! Congrats on the baby coming!

 

[el :BeoWolf:]

So it seems like nobody has pronounced Hylia yet. We've got a baby due in October and if it's a girl, we're naming her Hylia (after a beautiful lake where I spent a lot of tone as a kid, as I told my wife) and I'd like to find out how people might pronounce it. I pronounce it phonetically as High-lee-uh. I believe the name is Scandinavian where they might pronounce it with the same technicality with which they pronounce Helga (Uhl-gah). How would you pronounce it?

Also, is Fi being pronounced Fai actually canon? And if so, where is this found? I always figured it was pronounced the way Latin would pronounce it, Fai, in Latin meaning trustworthy or faithful, a fitting name for Link's faithful companion. I was surprised to find out that people pronounced it Fee, especially as it's so harsh on the ear!

I've always pronounced it "High-lee-uh"

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

I've always pronounced it "High-lee-uh"

So I forgot to capitalize. I pronounce it HIGH-lee-uh, where do you put the emphasis?

 

[AncientPoe]

So I forgot to capitalize. I pronounce it HIGH-lee-uh, where do you put the emphasis?

I pronounce it like that, but with an even inflection throughout.

 

[YIGAhim]

What about some of the Names of the BoTW shrines?