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Pronunciations

Here are just some of the basic pronunciations of names and places in the His Dark Materials books. I will add more as soon as I come across them, or hear them on the audio.

Lyra...Lie-rah
Daemon...demon
Iorek...Yor-ick
Iofur...You-fur
Mulefa... MOOL-efa
Serafina Pekkala... Ser-a-fee-nah Peck-al-ah
Xaphania... Zaph-ar-nee-ah (according to darkmaterials.com)
cittagazze... chee-tah-gaht-say
alethiometer... alee-thee-ah-meter
asaehattr... as-hatter

Any other specific pronunciations that you aren't sure of? Let me know by e-mailing me