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The rough BtN guide works well for recording the sounds of English names, but it definitely lacks when recording the pronunciations for other languages. IPA would be ideal, and it is on the todo list. It's a matter of me making a few software changes and then compiling the data.

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It is possible that AH should be A in some of the German names. You can submit corrections to pronunciations by using the "contribute" button on the name's page. I go through this submitted information when updating the database.

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These are the notes I have for the vowels in the BTN guide (showing the IPA they correspond to, though the list might not be exhaustive).

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A <--> æ, a
AY <--> eɪ, ej, ɛj
AH <--> ɒ, ɑ, ɑː, ä
AW <--> ɔ, ɔː
E <--> ɛ, e
EE <--> i, iː
I <--> ɪ
IE <--> aɪ, aj
O <--> o, o̞, oʊ, əʊ
OI <--> ɔɪ,
OO <--> u, uː, ʉ, ʉː
OW <--> aʊ
U <--> ʌ, ɐ, ɜː
UU <--> ø, ø̞, œ
UY <--> y
UW <--> ʊ
UI <--> œy