Oregon: Her history, her great men, her literature/Pronouncing Index
PRONOUNCING INDEX
(Consensus of opinion rendered by members of the Oregon Geographic Board.)
A
A Ian' son A lar' con or al lar' k5n Allegheny, al le gay ny Al se' a or al se' An' chl yoke A ni an' or & nl an Ar' a gon or a r'A gon'
B
Blan' chetor blong shay' Boi' se Bonneville, bon' vil Broughton, brd' tun Buena Vista, bway na vis ta C Cabrillo, Ck breel' yo Cal a poo' ia. Cas cades' Cayuse, ki use' Celilo, se-li' lo Champoeg, sham poo' eg Champooic, sham poo' Ick Chaboneau, shah bon Che hS, lem Che ma' wa Che mek' e ta Clatskanie, klats' ka nt Ciat s6p Coose, koose Coquelle, ko kwell' Coquille, ko keel' Coronado, ko ro na' tho Coyote, ki q te Cuadra, kwa' dra Farnham, farn' am Q Gervais, Jer' vis Gil' 11 am Grand Ronde, grand rond U Heceta, hek' e ta, heth' a ta, he se' ta 1 r da ho J Joaquin, wah' keen or boo aw keen' Juan de Fuca, hwan de foo' kah K KHckitat, klick' e tat Kwanchai, kwon chi L La Charette, la shar ette' La Creole, la ere' ole or lack re' HI Lapwai, lap' way Lausanne, law zkn' Le Breton, leh bray' ton. Led yard Luckiamute. luck' 1 mute M Man' dan Matthieu, mat' thu McLoughlin, mack lock' Hn or mack loff lin Mem' a loose ING INDEX U6' lal la Mai do n&' do Mult no mah
N
Ne c&n 1 cum Nesmith, nez' mith Nez Perces, neh p6r seh
O
Okanagan, q kan &' Kan Okanogan a kan 61 gan Or' e gon O rig' a num Orejon, fi ray h6n' O yer un' gon
P
Pend d'Oreille, pond do riy Phir o math Pritch' ett
Q
Quadra, kw&' dra R
Rick' re all
a
Sacajawea, sak a j& we' ah Sacagawea, sah ka gow' ah San Miguel, san me' gel San ti &m Sauvie, so' ve Scio, si' 6 Sierra Nevada, SI er & ne v&' da Shoshone, sho 8ho' ne SiUBlaw, si use' law Spokane, spo kan'
T
Til' ]a mook Tonquin, ton' kin Touchet, too' sheh Tualatin, twal' a tin Turn' a 16 T'Vault, te' vault
U
Ulloa, ool Ifi! ah Umpqua, ump' kwa
W
Waiilatpu, wi e lat pu or
wi al at pu Wallowa, wal low' a (ow as
in cow) Wau' na Wau' re gan Whiteaker, whit' a ker Winema, win' e mah or
wi ne' mah Willamette, wil lam' et, or
wil lah' met
Y
Yachaats, yah h&tz Yai' nax Yak' i ma
Yoncalla, ydn oil' & Yaquina, yah kwl' na IN