Elder Futhark Runes CORRECT Pronunciation

Hello Prof. Shell. Thanks very much for this video. it has been very helpful to me! I have three questions I hope you would kindly answer for me. I have been unable to find the answers:
1. did Elder Futhark have both long and short sounds for all of its vowels?
2. is the "a" of the letter name ansuz long or short or neither? (you had said in your video it is a back vowel)
3. is eihwaz (ae) a vowel or diphthong? Is the initial sound of the letter name long or short? With many thanks!

I'm just trying to write English words in runic for a guitar inlay. Because of the spiritual, linguistic, and alphabet meanings for the runic language, it's ridiculously difficult to find what I'm looking for. I just want to know what sounds they make.😢

pre·ten·tious! You should practice that pro·nun·ci·a·tion.

This was awesome ❤

Many thanks for the explanation.

How do we know the right pronunciation of gothic runes ? I am interested in pronouncing Ulfilas bible traduction as cotrectly as possible.

The best video I found on the subject! 🤓
Thank you very much!🙏🏽

Good video, though the Z on the end of words was pronounced as an R

AnsuZ = AnsuR = Answer
KenaZ = KenaR = Kenner <- in Dutch this means knower
HalagaZ = HagalaR = hagelaar <- in Dutch this would mean "hailer".
The words/names of the runes have still survived within the Germanic languages.

This R was pronounced differently than we know them in most languages today. If my theory is correct, it should be close to the R sound as they pronounce it in eastern Norwegian which is much like the Chinese pronounce the R. A rolling R, but more in front of the mouth.

This Z(R) sound later on blended together with the Rolling R that we know today.

Also don't forget that different regions had different dialects. There was no one standardized way of pronouncing things like the whole Woðan/Oðin or Donar/Þunar/Þór dialect continuüm.

Thank you for this. I have a tattoo of laguz and ingwaz combined.

What is the origin of runes and how are they related to Siberian runes? Several researchers clearly showed the striking similarity with the North ethruscan alphabet.

thanks for the good video. I recent;y am reading the rune magic book by Donald Tyson and I was wondering about the correct pronunciations. now I can continue my journey more confidently.

This is so helpful, thank you so much!!

Thank you bro I'm from North Denver Colorado I'm trying to learn the ruins I'm not Icelandic I'm actually Latino from North Denver Colorado anyway bro I appreciate you thank you

We are not vikings and as long as someone knows what we are trying to say that’s all that should matter. Isn’t that the whole point of language anyways? It’s like arguing over how to say Tomato: Toe-MAY-toe vs Toe-MAH-toe. Or what about Aluminum; American vs. British pronunciation? Maybe we shouldn’t shame people for having an accent. There are lots of sounds people struggle with in various cultures, you know that. Let’s stop getting angry over semantics.

Thank you SO much!!

I’ve taken up learning Icelandic and they have the same rule of thumb with the emphasis on the first syllable, which is hard to get through sometimes.

The pronunciation probably would have differed per region, right?

Thank you for this this is part of honoring the runes we should pronounce it correctly

Scott can you please help me find out how I can peruse more education on Runeology? I would like to specialize in this subject thank you
I understand that some of this information has been lost and or hidden

Thank you so much 🙏💚🧚 very interesting 😊 I work with rune for my ancestors ....and cause I love to learn but with just books it is not easy 😅 and I am french and prononciations not the same based... I was forgot for ''th''... I will listen again , pronunce with you... and put your video on my playlist favorit 🫶
Sorry for my lil' english too.😊

Thank you from NORTH Denver Colorado thank you so much

I´m wandering yet about the sound of algiz

Read through so N o G R a P H read light ops

Tip get on the kite

Time count down is the message

Read what it say don't bather anything else it's configured to be read anagram it's a spelling for academics

This was really helpfull, thank you so much!🌸

He is knowledgeable but condescending unfortunately he is lost in his own bubble.

For a second I thought you were speaking finnish 😂

So ash, eth, thorn and wyn are not part of this system? Confusing.

something again: this 3 commercial aetts are not complete, there are more runes out this order like Quertra, Chosma, Yr, Xerxes, Vaugal, in german: Ätheraz, Östhäle, Überaz, Eulaz, Auguz, Oakuz, Chur, etc. ... :) and thaz why I chose to complete it (but only) in german ^^

ᛇ - this is correctly called "Ei(h)waz" [Aihwasz] - it's the old german "ei" [ai] - note that english people sometimes write an U for an A, so it's the german "ai", not the english "a" - this is very importatnt - and yes, this [ai] is in english the"I" (for I am f.e.) - but Isa is not the "I"/[ai] - it's "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih" like u say "me" - not "my"! - hope this will help you my dear :)

Very important! A lot of missunderstanding because pronunciation issues...
Maybe you can help me out?
The elder futhark is as I know the very first writing form. It switched the letters "a" and "o". The viking or edda futhork proves that. You know why it switched?
...if you pronounce the "orion belt" with elder futhark runes you get "arian belt" or "aryan belt" in the constellation of the charioteer 🤔

HELP!!
How do i pronounce this???
It's Elder Furthark btw

ᚢᚨᛃᛁᛖᛏᚨ ᚦᚨᛏ ᚱᛖᛞᛊ ᛚᛖᛏᛟ-ᛈᛁᛊᛖᛏ ᚨ ᛏᚨᚱ ᛗᛟᛚᛞᛟ ᛒᛁ ᚢᚨᚾᛖ ᚾᛖᚲᚢᛚᚲᚨᛏᚢ

now i am very confused about ᛇand ᛖ, are these both pronounced similar?

In my rune book it says 6 is 'kaunaz' with a z, do you know why this is?

Very thankful🙏

I am still wondering about the difference between ehwaz and eihwaz. If pronounced like you did, they sound exactly the same. But if every rune is also a sound, why would you have two of the same sound, but look different? I am trying to build a reference sheet here to translate some German sounds into runes as far as I can. But these two...they are bothering me😅

Another question about jera: I see two differrent ways to write jera all the time (left on top and right on top). I wonder if one of them is wrong, or if both are correct? Do you have any information about that?

Thanks for the video :)

I am so happy I came across this video. Especially the last bit where you're speaking each word one after another. Listening to that part over and over will help me get a better sense of how to speak 'em in sentences.🙏✌️

💀..Nicely presented, Mr. Shell..!

What about "ew" as in "yew" "the best of bows?" This would be the sound between an E ("eh") and I ("ee") and would represent the "ew" part of "yew" where the "y" is silent, much like "yi" in Chinese where only the I is pronounced. This sound also roots an overtone sound, which in Tuva is considered the best sound to connect to the spirit world.

Considering that the z mutated into an r in the scandinavians languages I always imagined the z would be more voiced,
somewhere along the line of time anyway.

So 2 runes had the same name?
This doesn't make sense to me

I'll put this on my community page

Very informative, thank you. There's one thing I've always wondered though what is the az ending in Proto- Germanic mean? I see the az ending on many Proto- Germanic god names and plain words but have never come across a good explanation for what it means.

Dr Shell, thanks so much for this. Over the past 30 + years, I've encountered some of the worst pronunciations of the Elder Futhark both inside and outside of organizations with a focus on them, ones which were nowhere even in the ballpark of being accurate, so I understand the urge to recoil in sheer horror when some of them hit your eardrum, or to cock your head sideways and say "What?" My pronunciation of them was developed via the charts in the books which Dr Flowers published through Weiser, but it's apparent that I have to fine-tune a few of them now, and thanks to you, I now have the means to do so. Once again, this is much appreciated.

Why do you think yours are the only correct pronunciations? U of Austin Linguistics Research Center-some of us say eihwaz different from you)-most professors here would say they are correct. Also Jackson Crawford (said his name due to him being well known) and many other Phd professors pronounce Eihwaz different than you.
I agree that the ae is pronounced a (as in back) but your saying eihwaz is pronounced- aehwaz- the theory by one person- Elmer Antonsen? Even Antonsen & Leo Connolly- both of them said it different from one another & so to say yours is the correct pronunciation as if it is the only correct pronunciation?? Sir, with all due respect, that is incorrect, but the statement is pompous and makes it seem as if your saying out of everyone in the world, you are the only one correct.