Talk:Demiurge/@comment-213.66.199.45-20150814072128/@comment-24409121-20150814083220

De-mi-urge would be the closest way to pronounce it in English. Which is "essentially" how it is pronounced in Japanese. The exact romanji is written above in the profile as well as you have the anime to actually hear it said.

De-mi-uru-gos (u at the end would be silent).

Remember for those that don't speek Japanese, there are only 5 vowels in japanese. A, I, U, E, O. And there is only one way to pronounce each of those. Yay, isn't Japanese simple?

A is pronounced as a short 'a' in english, like in 'ah' or 'although'.

I is pronounced like a long 'e', like in 'eat' or 'meet'.

U is pronounced liked a long 'u' or double 'o', like in 'cool' or 'cute'.

E is pronounced like a short 'e', like in 'gel' or 'met'.

O is pronounced like a long 'o', like in 'oat' or 'won'.

There is no exceptions to this. It makes it so simple as there is only one way to read it (when written in english, Kanji characters on the other hand have two ways to read them depending on what is written around them... but that's something else and has nothing to do with pronunciation).

OH, if you see two vowels next to each other, like "ee", it just means to hold out the sound. While if it is a single vowel, you say it quickly. This can completely change the word. The simplest example of that that is taught to beginners is 'ie' and 'iie'. 'ie' means house, while 'iie' means no.

Hope that helps (and now any of you should be able to read at least the romanji readings of the Japanese characters (since I'm sure since you don't know that much, you probably cannot read the Japanese itself)).

- Kat