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Re: More names from the Arctic
KOMI, RUSSIA
Anastasia -lovely
Yana -i like it
Albina -nms
Pavla -cuteSELKUP, RUSSIA
Gennadiy -i still don't know how to say this. i always try to make it rhyme with Kennedy?
Nina -nms
Rita -nmsaa
Ludmilla -nms, but still cool. idk
Yalena -like, but prefer Yelena.
Kosta -like
Yura -okay
Valery -nmsNGANASAN, RUSSIA
Velodeya -i think i like it? how is it pronounced?
Saibore -ditto
Mereme -tritto? how do you say these?YAKUT, RUSSIA
Pavel -cool
Varya -lovelyYUPIK, RUSSIA
Ainana -wait. how do you say this one?
Lyuda -nms
Anatoly -like it
Alik -whatev
Slava -like it
Max -coolCREE, CANADA
Abel -nms
Elizabeth -nice
Johnie -ew, no
Billy -okay, i guessINNU, CANADA
Uniam -okay
Enen -i think i like it
Pinip -like it
Mani -nmsaa

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I don't speak Russian, but I would believe Gennadiy sounds like yen-AH-dee.
Velodeya - I guess ve-LOD-e-ya or ve-lo-DEY-a.
I don't speak a word of Nganasan or Yupik, so my guesses are:
Saibore - sigh-BORE-e
Mereme - me-RE-me.
Ainana - eye-NA-na.
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