Guide to Reading Aloud
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Where a juniper tree stood, the child
was crying.
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The deer
the two fawns and their mother
went to him.
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Pause at least half a second each time a new
line begins at the left margin, and at least two seconds for
each dot separating lines. Do not pause within a line (not even
at the end of a sentence) or for indented lines.
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She tried to catch it.
It sprinkled them all with its wing powder.
THEY WENT CRAZY
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Use a softer than normal voice for words in
small type and a louder than normal voice for words in capitals.
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She worked o——n for a long time.
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Hold vowels followed by dashes for up to two
seconds.
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KERSPLASHHHHHH
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Hold repeated consonants for up to two seconds.
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aaaaaaAAAAAH THE RAIN CAME
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Produce a crescendo for repeated vowels that
change from lower case to capitals.
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talaaaaa
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Produce a glissando for ascending or descending
vowels.
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THE HEART OF THE EARTH
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Chant split lines, with an interval of about
three half tones between levels.
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Over there (points north) was Yellow House.
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Tones of voice, gestures, audience responses,
and other details are indicated by italics.
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PRONOUNCING ZUNI WORDS
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a, e, i, o, u
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Vowels should be pronounced approximately as
in Spanish.
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aa, ee, ii, oo, uu
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Double vowels should be held a bit longer than
single ones, like the long vowels in Greek.
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ch, h, k,1, m, n, p, s, sh, t, w, y
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These consonants should be pronounced as in
English, except that p and t are unaspirated.
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lh
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This is like English l and h pronounced simultaneously,
something like the Ll in Welsh “Lloyd.”
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’
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The glottal stop is like the tt in the Scottish
pronunciation of “bottle.” When it follows other consonants
it is pronounced simultaneously with them.
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cch, hh, kk, ll, llh, mm, nn, pp, ss, ssh, tt, ww, yy,”
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Double consonants are held a bit longer than
single ones, like the double consonants in Italian.
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'
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Stress is always on the first syllable except
in words marked with accents.
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Note. In songs (shown in boldface capitals), the pauses, loudness,
lengthened sounds, glissandi, and pronunciation of Zuni words
are as indicated in this guide. The tempo follows the stresses
in the words.
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