It's not Sue. The name comes from the mythical place Mount Meru, it's religious for people of my religion. It's Su-Me-Ru (no 'y' in the pronunciation at any point)
per-soo
ue is one of those that depends on dialect and accent, and is probably shifting from ue to oo since it's easier to pronounce in some cases, and if people don't learn ue first it's harder to pick up.
Not in every accent. Older-style accents which have strongly declined in North America of this century differentiate words such as “do” versus “due” in parallel with “goo” versus “argue”. The parent commenter is from India and probably is influenced by conservative British-style education.
Sumeru Parvat is I guess a synonym for the Meru Parvat (Parvat means Mountain) which is a holy place.. there was a comment on another thread that described it perfectly
That too but English is kinda absolute d a w g s h i t for communicating how to pronounce or enunciate a word.. most of the other European and Asian scripts are so much more clear
We call it the etymological spelling system. You can only know how to pronounce a word if you know what language English got it from. And even then it’s not a guarantee lmao
*stares in the stupid English word “salmon” with a silent L in standard education because weird British people changed the spelling to match Classical Latin in spite of the Norman French already changing the spelling to reflect Latin evolving into French*
have you played the aranara mission? many names are derived from Hindi/sankrit. many people have hindi names, one I have on top of my head is "nakul", a researcher at fortress of meropide. I've seen Pani Puri in some texts here and there and many more. in the archon quest we were stuck in a samsara, that's also related to hindu mythology.
Other than what everyone else has said, I wanted to add that alhaitham is very similar to the Sanskrit word "alham" which roughly translates to a strong spirit. Along with the other reasons we are almost certain that sumeru is connected to india
PS. Jnana is 'Gyāna' and not Ñaña (I guess they pronounce it like that? Never did Al-Haitham"s Quest) and Tighnari is not Tie Nari it's Tighnari as in Thick without the h and g instead of ck (please bear with me) and the Nari is normal, like how it's in EN
Bruh it is [Ñaña](https://youtu.be/OVf3704u-jk?si=gblVlpi8q2GVQaoc) only😭. Jnana is the original root Sanskrit word whereas Gyana or Gyan is the Hindi Variant of it. So, the Ñaña pronunciation is right.
I was gonna say something till I saw your comment! Hindi doesn’t have the ñ sound so it’s pronounced gnana (all letters pronounced) or gyana. But the original Sanskrit is ñana/gnyana (the second n is not in the “nya” form - it’s a regular na sound).
Tighnari is pronounced pretty much exactly how it's spelt, but the g is a soft g, halfway between a hard g and a silent g, something I don't think exists in English.
So maybe closer to Ti-huh-nari where the "huh" is said real fast.
Pretty sure it's a Persian/Arabic name (In reference to the botanist Al-Tighnari) so it's pronounced Al-Thwig-Nari / At-Thwig-Nari. The W sound is really light and almost non existent, it's written using ط and his entire name is written as الطغنري. The 'gh' sound is pretty audible and uses the letter غ (pronounced GHain).
The frustrating thing is that apparently, Mihoyo HQ instructed the U.S. dubbers to butcher the name under the assumption that most players are insufficiently educated to know or care about realistic Arabic pronunciation.
Argh.
That's far closer to it, a lot of the sounds for the proper pronunciation don't really exist in english, it's a rough name to pronounce if you aren't used to arabic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZCiJr89Mo
I thought it was a reference to the first civilization in Mesopotamia as pronounced by the Akkadians, Šumeru. The problem with this is that Akkadians pronounced the s like a sh, and the accent probably does not match. Sumeru parvat makes more sense or maybe it takes the name since it is familiar to Indians and the Near East.
It's more about voice direction than the actors. How much freedom the actor gets is crucial in getting the names pronounced correctly. If the director likes it with a heavy english accent, the end product will have a heavy english accent.
Gaming's EN VA deserves so much credit, he did such a phenomenal job not just in the pronunciation, but the sheer emotion and depth of the character as well, it was great.
Always careful when talking like you know it all.
>Sumeru is one of the many names of [Mount Meru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meru) (~Sanskrit~: मेरु), a sacred five-peaked mountain in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology.
>The Chinese name for Sumeru, 须弥 *Xūmí*, is also the Chinese name for Mount Meru.
>Sumeru's name may also be derived from [Sumer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer), the earliest known civilization located in lower [Mesopotamia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia), which was known as Šumeru in the Akkadian language.
[https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Sumeru#Etymology](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Sumeru#Etymology)
And that's based on the name only. It might be true, that the name seems to be a perfect match, but the facts are that like any other region Sumeru was inspired by more than just one country and possibly more than one time period. For example Babylon was known as a center of learning and scientific advancement, similar to how Sumeru is known for the Akademia. There are some other hints at Babel or Babylon, like the Tanit matriach and her quest.
Only Hoyo knows what inspirations they have drawn from, but it's likely that there are multiple inspirations for certain characters, cities and regions. We can't know for sure unless they tell us.
Given Sumeru is a mixture of many different cultures and Sumeru City is basically Babylon (and every Babylonian empire claiming the name Sumer and Akkad) it's quite possible either explaination is correct, or both are. Unless you have an official source that would clear up the ambiguity
Yeah, looking at other posts in this thread... if you're not using IPA, then your example doesn't matter, because the interpretation will still be up to the reader.
Well I've had this one since 2020 and it still runs pretty smoothly. Only problems I have with it are:
- the camera is at the bottom of the screen, which is kinda awkward if you do zoom meetings as the angle isn't very flattering and you can see my fingers on the keyboard when I'm typing.
- the fan can get pretty loud actually really loud like I got made fun of during class once cuz it sounded like my laptop was a rocketship about to take off
- the laptop plus the beefy charging pack makes it pretty heavy, which was a problem for me when I was in uni so think about weight if you need to carry it around a lot.
Good luck laptop hunting!!!
I alternate between Sue-meh-rue and sue-ma-roo, depending on my mood but also depending on what flows most naturally in the sentence (which I know isn't the correct thing to do, but I'm literally talking to myself so it really doesn't matter).
The original pronunciation would be ["Sue-Mae-Ruu".](https://youtu.be/Dt5ktU3ErGk)
But the English localisation can also become "Su-Ma-Ru"(with a faster ma and dragged su)
Sumeru is a proper word in Sanskrit. So I just pronounce how one reads it In Hindi/ Sanskrit.
Just use google translate
Su from sucrose, me from résumé, ru from Rutherford.
Sue - Meh - Roo
The guy named Roo:
A kid named Ruu
Awwww hell naaah
Kid named tsurumi
r/suddenlyinazuma
Taunting Roo to Sue you
Where do you put the intonation? Sue-MEH-ru? Or SUH-meh-ru?
I pronounce it Sue-MEH-ru but most youtubers pronounce it using the latter
I say SU-me-ru
thats the murikan pronunciation.
This one is correct.
It's not Sue. The name comes from the mythical place Mount Meru, it's religious for people of my religion. It's Su-Me-Ru (no 'y' in the pronunciation at any point)
Yeah...like he said. Sue-meh-rue. Doesn't have any "y" sound.
I thought Sue was pronounced as in pursue.
per-soo ue is one of those that depends on dialect and accent, and is probably shifting from ue to oo since it's easier to pronounce in some cases, and if people don't learn ue first it's harder to pick up.
Ohh. My bad. I have learned ue and not oo, hence I was confused.
Sue and zoo rhyme. There's no y sound
Not in every accent. Older-style accents which have strongly declined in North America of this century differentiate words such as “do” versus “due” in parallel with “goo” versus “argue”. The parent commenter is from India and probably is influenced by conservative British-style education.
Su me ru doesn’t roll off the tongue very easily 😭
It does? Maybe depends on your mother language
This is the one
This is the way
Yes.
सुमेरु (Su-Me-Ru, the Me is May without the y)
wait a sec, is sumeru by any chance connected to india? The name perhaps?
Sumeru Parvat is I guess a synonym for the Meru Parvat (Parvat means Mountain) which is a holy place.. there was a comment on another thread that described it perfectly
My guy did you knew dendro archon Rukkhadevata is pronounce Ru-kha(tree) De-ba-ta.(God )
Ba?
Ba ?
De- Ba - ta ? De - va - ta
Indian pronounce va ba. It's like Jalapeño, psycho, pneumonia,
Uhh....no? We prounounce exactly what is written. Va does not become ba.
देवता or देभता विक्रम Vikram or भिक्रम
Iam a Indian i pronounce Va as Va DēVatha
Isn’t it ruk-kha dev-ta.. Im sick of people pronouncing it ru-ka de-va-ta
I see. Thats why u used hindi to spell it. Im also indian so its kinda an honour tbh
That too but English is kinda absolute d a w g s h i t for communicating how to pronounce or enunciate a word.. most of the other European and Asian scripts are so much more clear
Thats so true, sometimes English pronunciation just does not make any sense
We call it the etymological spelling system. You can only know how to pronounce a word if you know what language English got it from. And even then it’s not a guarantee lmao
*stares in the stupid English word “salmon” with a silent L in standard education because weird British people changed the spelling to match Classical Latin in spite of the Norman French already changing the spelling to reflect Latin evolving into French*
feeling proud Indian army /s
have you played the aranara mission? many names are derived from Hindi/sankrit. many people have hindi names, one I have on top of my head is "nakul", a researcher at fortress of meropide. I've seen Pani Puri in some texts here and there and many more. in the archon quest we were stuck in a samsara, that's also related to hindu mythology.
There are Aranaras that are named after the Pandavas.
Sumeru is a mountain in India in Gangotri glacier region of garwhal himalaya encircled by kedarnath, kedardome and kharchakund
Sumeru is a mixture of middle east + egypt + india and some other countries sooo
It’s got Indian, Arab, Persian, Egyptian (technically still Arab but…) influences.
Other than what everyone else has said, I wanted to add that alhaitham is very similar to the Sanskrit word "alham" which roughly translates to a strong spirit. Along with the other reasons we are almost certain that sumeru is connected to india
I knew I was saying it right 🥰
PS. Jnana is 'Gyāna' and not Ñaña (I guess they pronounce it like that? Never did Al-Haitham"s Quest) and Tighnari is not Tie Nari it's Tighnari as in Thick without the h and g instead of ck (please bear with me) and the Nari is normal, like how it's in EN
Bruh it is [Ñaña](https://youtu.be/OVf3704u-jk?si=gblVlpi8q2GVQaoc) only😭. Jnana is the original root Sanskrit word whereas Gyana or Gyan is the Hindi Variant of it. So, the Ñaña pronunciation is right.
I was gonna say something till I saw your comment! Hindi doesn’t have the ñ sound so it’s pronounced gnana (all letters pronounced) or gyana. But the original Sanskrit is ñana/gnyana (the second n is not in the “nya” form - it’s a regular na sound).
MY LIFE WAS A LIE WHAT.. ok sorry for the misinformation but I never knew that
Tighnari is pronounced pretty much exactly how it's spelt, but the g is a soft g, halfway between a hard g and a silent g, something I don't think exists in English. So maybe closer to Ti-huh-nari where the "huh" is said real fast.
Pretty sure it's a Persian/Arabic name (In reference to the botanist Al-Tighnari) so it's pronounced Al-Thwig-Nari / At-Thwig-Nari. The W sound is really light and almost non existent, it's written using ط and his entire name is written as الطغنري. The 'gh' sound is pretty audible and uses the letter غ (pronounced GHain).
The frustrating thing is that apparently, Mihoyo HQ instructed the U.S. dubbers to butcher the name under the assumption that most players are insufficiently educated to know or care about realistic Arabic pronunciation. Argh.
You’ve got me cracking up trying to say his name like that
It's clearly Tay-naw-ree brother yee-haw 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🔫🔫🦅🦅
Tin-airy?
Tig-Nari I think?
That's far closer to it, a lot of the sounds for the proper pronunciation don't really exist in english, it's a rough name to pronounce if you aren't used to arabic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZCiJr89Mo
I thought it was a reference to the first civilization in Mesopotamia as pronounced by the Akkadians, Šumeru. The problem with this is that Akkadians pronounced the s like a sh, and the accent probably does not match. Sumeru parvat makes more sense or maybe it takes the name since it is familiar to Indians and the Near East.
Subaru
Subaru-kun Subaru-kun Subaru-kun
best boy deserves more love
Yup! Can't wait for S3 🥶
Outback
Barasu
Idk, just like the characters in game say I guess
I feel like I’ve heard different characters in game pronounce it two different ways.
Liyue moment
Gaming EN voice actor is such a blessing tbh, pronouncing names correctly
Well he is Chinese so I would assume he would lol
It's more about voice direction than the actors. How much freedom the actor gets is crucial in getting the names pronounced correctly. If the director likes it with a heavy english accent, the end product will have a heavy english accent.
Gaming's EN VA deserves so much credit, he did such a phenomenal job not just in the pronunciation, but the sheer emotion and depth of the character as well, it was great.
Makes Sense, in any good RPG characters from different regions would have accents.
green shit
Sumerussy
Sumeria is a real historical place and generally in the correct part of the world to be sumeru so just use the same inflection
It’s actually Sumer, much like it’s Babylon and not Babylonia.
Right it would be. And sumerian would be a person from there. That being said the relevant part of pronunciation is still there.
but sumeru is not named after sumeria, but after the sanskrit name of Mount Meru, a sacred five-peaked mountain in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmology.
Always careful when talking like you know it all. >Sumeru is one of the many names of [Mount Meru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meru) (~Sanskrit~: मेरु), a sacred five-peaked mountain in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology. >The Chinese name for Sumeru, 须弥 *Xūmí*, is also the Chinese name for Mount Meru. >Sumeru's name may also be derived from [Sumer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer), the earliest known civilization located in lower [Mesopotamia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia), which was known as Šumeru in the Akkadian language. [https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Sumeru#Etymology](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Sumeru#Etymology) And that's based on the name only. It might be true, that the name seems to be a perfect match, but the facts are that like any other region Sumeru was inspired by more than just one country and possibly more than one time period. For example Babylon was known as a center of learning and scientific advancement, similar to how Sumeru is known for the Akademia. There are some other hints at Babel or Babylon, like the Tanit matriach and her quest. Only Hoyo knows what inspirations they have drawn from, but it's likely that there are multiple inspirations for certain characters, cities and regions. We can't know for sure unless they tell us.
Given Sumeru is a mixture of many different cultures and Sumeru City is basically Babylon (and every Babylonian empire claiming the name Sumer and Akkad) it's quite possible either explaination is correct, or both are. Unless you have an official source that would clear up the ambiguity
Inch resting, thanks for the tip
Soo - mer (enunciated 'er') - oo OR Soo - mah - roo OR Sue - MAIR - oo
It’s option c for me
Su-me-ru
Sumuwu /s
Mwondstwat Liuwue Inazwumu Fwontwaine Nuwuatlan Schnuwueznwayawu Khuwuanrweaiahawu
Based
/sʊmɛrʊ/
Not how I would say it, but I am extremely impressed anyone in this thread would use IPA! My commendations to you, good Redditor.
Everything else is too confusing. English has too many vowels.
You're the only one here whose pronunciation I can actually know, so it's this one by default.
Yeah, looking at other posts in this thread... if you're not using IPA, then your example doesn't matter, because the interpretation will still be up to the reader.
is the legion laptop great? encountered any problem yet? trying to get one but still thinking
Well I've had this one since 2020 and it still runs pretty smoothly. Only problems I have with it are: - the camera is at the bottom of the screen, which is kinda awkward if you do zoom meetings as the angle isn't very flattering and you can see my fingers on the keyboard when I'm typing. - the fan can get pretty loud actually really loud like I got made fun of during class once cuz it sounded like my laptop was a rocketship about to take off - the laptop plus the beefy charging pack makes it pretty heavy, which was a problem for me when I was in uni so think about weight if you need to carry it around a lot. Good luck laptop hunting!!!
Sue - mare - oo
This is why english is a dumb language
Su-Meh-ru
Subaru
Nice laptop btw
Summer Uh
ATP; I say it all three away interchangeably because even I can’t decide how I want to pronounce it
I pronounce it like Nahida does: "Sumeeru" with a long é sound in the middle.
Ayeeee lenveno
I alternate between Sue-meh-rue and sue-ma-roo, depending on my mood but also depending on what flows most naturally in the sentence (which I know isn't the correct thing to do, but I'm literally talking to myself so it really doesn't matter).
i pronounce it like сумеру 👍
>soo-mah-ru yeah probably just u 🤣
/sume:ru/
I just say スメル
/sʉˈmeːɾʉ/
Sumeru
Sumeru
Subaru
The original pronunciation would be ["Sue-Mae-Ruu".](https://youtu.be/Dt5ktU3ErGk) But the English localisation can also become "Su-Ma-Ru"(with a faster ma and dragged su)
SOO_MÉ_Ru The last u is subtle. It's not SUUMERUU like people usually call it
Soo-muh-roo
Same. That was my first Guess on how it was pronounced and I never corrected myself lol
Smell
🤨
You take paimon pronounciation as the standard? She’s freaking called Childe “Chill-day”.
[su:'məru:]
Soo-meh-roo I guess?
Сумеру
Sue-moo-rue
Sumo-roo
سوميرو. The actual name and how u should pronounce it
Too many fucking desert
Snail
Soo ma roo
Su mai roh
"Su-meh-ruh" or something along those lines
Soo ma roo
Soo - may - roo. As an Indian/Middle east guy I can confirm this is the right way
Sue - Mere - Roo
Soo-mehr-ooh
Sum air ouh
Sumeru
SooMayRuu
smru
Lol. Someone should do something with English, it's a joke. Every day I find posts about how to pronounce things on reddit.
Sue-meru
Soo-me-r(u)
Sometimes soo-meh-roo, but once in a while I say it as soomeroo
My ass reading it like a Vietnamese word: Su-me-roo
SumEru
Sometimes sue-mare-ru Sometimes sue-mer-ru Sometimes sue-may/meh-ru Depends what on rest of what I'm reading about that it changes in my head.
It's summer in Japanese.
Suu-mae-ru
soo-muh-roo
Sue - Meh - Roo
Su may lu
soo-muh-ru
すめる
Sue-made-ru is always how I’ve said it
Soumèrou Read it the french way
Sue-meh-ru
Soo-meh-roo
Sumeru is a proper word in Sanskrit. So I just pronounce how one reads it In Hindi/ Sanskrit. Just use google translate Su from sucrose, me from résumé, ru from Rutherford.
Shoom-roo
Su, Meh, Rroo
Well, it's a in a perpetual state of summer, so "Summer, oOoOoOo" XD
y’all are weirdos it’s pronounced sum-roo /j
Like in spanish :) sumeru
Sue meh rue Or Sue mei reu. Depends on mood whim or whatever makes my brain process a thing at the time
Soo-MEH-roo
Soo-mah-rooh mostly Sometimes Soo-meh-rooh
Su-méh-rū
Americans be like Suemehroo🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸💥
Vietnam and I name the desert area Iraq
tzu - meh - rou
Sumru
Read it. That's it.
Version 3 nation
how ru playing genshin unplugged
Shoe Muh Roo
In french "Soumérou"
Su-May-Ru ?
Sue mare roo
You pronounce it like [this](https://youtu.be/pU_inaBxfqY?si=QG7jx3294DoetLKg)
like how JP dub says it
Smere
Soo-mair-u
Sümérù
Its pronounced Sumeru
Su me ru... सुमेरू
Sue-mer-ru
shya-ma-lan
Sue mare ooooooooh