Just for fun! I know there exist “the correct” pronunciations, but how do you pronounce the words in your inner monologue? :)
Nauvis:
- “Now-vis”
- Closer to “Novice”
Vulcanus:
- “Vulk Anus”
- Like “Tetanus”
Gleba:
- “Gleeba”
- “Glebbah”
- “Glay Bar”
Fulgora:
- “Ful-gore-ah”
- “Ful-guu-rah”
- “Fulger-ah”
Aquilo:
- “Ack-eelo”
- “A qui loh”
- “Ack-willow”
And lastly:
- “Space Age”
- “Spaceage” like “Mileage”
['näʊ̯.wis], [wul.'kɜ̃.nus], ['gle.bɐ], ['ful.gɔ.ɾɐ], ['ä.kʷi.lo], ['speɪs 'eɪ.dʒe]
If speaking them loud I’m probably swapping the [w]'s with [v]'s. Beyond that one could probably guess my native language and even local dialect from that, specially the vowels.
Not good at IPA, but the letter swapping is common in Finland, Sweden and eastern Norway?
The “letter swapping” thing is that I mentally read those names as in Latin, with the sound [w], because they clearly look like Latin words. However since plenty people whine against it I read them aloud with the sound [v].
The “guess my native language” part is about the rest, disregarding the [w] vs. [v] thing. (It’s Portuguese.)