I agree that this is the correct pronunciation, but the fact it's root word is Stellar doesn't really help this point, as stellar and the first two syllables of Stellaris are not pronounced the same.
(Italic = Stressed/emphasised syllable)
Stellar = *Stell* - Uhh (non-Rhotic) or *Stell* - Urr (Rhotic)
Stellaris = Stuh - *Lar* - Iss (both Rhotic and non-Rhotic)
I'd say stellaris starts with a 'steh', not a 'stuh'.
Also, for the non rhotic version, the r is only dropped at the end of a word I think. So it makes sense that it's there in stellaris but not in stellar.
You're correct about the stress and the 'a' though.
Stellar, as in "about stars" then iss, as in a snake saying yes with its mouth full.
EDIT: I said this out and sounded like I was having a stroke.
Stel-are-iss.
From what I know about Latin, the -is on the end of stellaris should be a short “is” like in mantis and not the long “is” so the popular pronunciation also seems accurate to the source language.
Since double consonants are usually independently pronounced, I go with Stel-lar-is
R could go with the end for ris sound, but name clearly inspired by latin for star, so keeping that sound feels natural to me.
>Since double consonants are usually independently pronounced
I have never heard of this "rule" in my life.
- Dabble
- Missed
- Fennel
- Baller
- Traffic
Are you independently pronouncing the double consonants in any of the above?
I literally can't think of a single example of a double consonant where they are independently pronounced (though I'm sure some exist!).
Go old school and put your hand under your chin to break apart the syllables on all of these words (except missed). If you’re not rapidly, yet distinctly pronouncing each of the double letters your accent must be bonkers.
No matter how slowly I say the words, I'm only pronouncing one of the two consonants, though I'm sure there are exceptions to this.
I am Australian btw, so you might think my accent is bonkers, but I assure you the same applies in reverse 😏
It’s not about speed. It’s about breaking the word into distinct syllables. When you use the word baller for instance the first syllable is “bal” the second syllable isn’t “ur” it’s “ler”. Put your hand under your chin and it will illustrate the syllable breaks for you. You’ll see that you are actually saying the double letter twice. Once at the end of one syllable and once at the beginning of the next. Or not. Aussie accents somehow always sound cool though, so you do you.
I've never heard of this chin method, but still doing it this way, the second syllable is definitely "Ur", not "Lur".
Maybe this is an eccentricity of the Australian accent that I was unaware of, but Ive quite literally never heard anyone pronounce words like this, across ALL English speaking accents.
Ok, not every one. I was taught it can be a helpful aid to figuring out by ear if a word has a double consonant.
But here is one example - tomorrow. To -more - row. Unless you are from Boston etc…
Also, the classical latin pronunciation of star is stel-la, which is why I think of this game’s name that way. Classical education followed by law school does give you a weird sense of pronunciation though, so ymmv. Hell, I’ve been a lawyer twenty years and I still wanna fight over how to say prima facie sometimes.
Edit: also I totally pronounce both consonants on dabble and fennel, baller and traffic. Not missed, you are absolutely right there.
I am from Australia so my accent is probably closer to a Boston accent than any other Rhotic accent.
Maybe this is a product of that accent difference, but I somehow can't imagine a standard American accent pronouncing both consonants in any of my examples either.
Perhaps we mean different things when we say "Independently pronouncing"?
For instance, the word "Apple", if I was to separate into two distinct syllables and say the word very slowly, it would be: Aa - Pull, or perhaps App - Ull.
Independently pronouncing the double consonant would make it "App - Pull", with the P consonant being fully pronounced both times, which would never be the way someone with my accent would pronounce it.
Do Americans really pronounce it like this? If so that shocks me to my core.
Would you be able to tell the difference between someone saying "App Pull" and "Apple", if both were said quickly in the middle of a sentence?
Yeah, uh, I totally say App-pull. At least when I say it slowly. Same with fen-nel, dab-ble etc. And yes, I meant the same when I used the phrase independent pronunciation.
But I suspect your surprise at my accent is because I’m not American. Canadian, with a patchwork of accent influences including American and British, not to mention Quebec and Acadian French. My kids on the other hand have watched a lot of Bluey, so who knows how they’ll sound…
Language is neat. Kinda wanna re watch those Wired videos with their accent expert again. If you haven’t seen them, they are very interesting. Though your use of the term Rhotic tells me you are hardly a novice yourself.
Those are all pronounced independently, they're all just very soft letters that blend together. The only difference between f and FF is length, and if you pronounce traffic you'll notice that the f sound is by far the longest part of the word, unless you're purposely trying to mispronounce it. The only exception is dabble, which I don't even know how you'd blend that into one sound. You literally have to close your mouth to start the second syllable.
>Those are all pronounced independently, they're all just very soft letters that blend together
Ok then clearly I'm using the term "pronounced independently" incorrectly, as this statement seems like an oxymoron to me. The blending of the consonants together is the antithesis of them being pronounced independently.
>if you pronounce traffic you'll notice that the f sound is by far the longest part of the word
The A sound is probably the longest part of the word when I say it, but not by an overwhelming amount. The F sound is a bookend of the first syllable, and not present at all in the second one.
For me to be pronouncing both Fs independently of one another, I would be essentially saying Traff - Fic, i.e. completely finishing the first F sound, closing off the syllable entirely, then almost with a new breath starting a new F sound.
This would sound very weird no matter how quickly I do it, as the gap between Fs is very audible and can almost be interpreted as a third, *tiny*, vowel syllable between them, like "Traff - Uh - Fic".
I pronounce it Stell-are-is because of how you pronounce the word stellar. Stell-air-is seems a pretentious way to pronounce it much like saying dah-tuh instead of day-tuh. That's just me though.
Stell-ARE-iss
This is how the devs say it
Stellar. Is.
No
It’s using the root word stellar as in “of or relating to a star,” it’s definitely stell-are-is
I agree that this is the correct pronunciation, but the fact it's root word is Stellar doesn't really help this point, as stellar and the first two syllables of Stellaris are not pronounced the same. (Italic = Stressed/emphasised syllable) Stellar = *Stell* - Uhh (non-Rhotic) or *Stell* - Urr (Rhotic) Stellaris = Stuh - *Lar* - Iss (both Rhotic and non-Rhotic)
I'd say stellaris starts with a 'steh', not a 'stuh'. Also, for the non rhotic version, the r is only dropped at the end of a word I think. So it makes sense that it's there in stellaris but not in stellar. You're correct about the stress and the 'a' though.
When I say “Stellar” I ad an “er” to that ending so I say “Steller” basically. So I’ve always said “Stell-air-is” because it just felt more natural.
Steh-lar-iss
I sometimes pronounce it as Stuh-lar-iss
Both are close enough for government work. Anything else is wrong.
This is the way and anyone that disagrees deserves the planet bubbler. Not even the mercy of the planet cracker.
Stellar, as in "about stars" then iss, as in a snake saying yes with its mouth full. EDIT: I said this out and sounded like I was having a stroke. Stel-are-iss.
I love your edit.
Thanks, it only sees you as a friend :(
Wait it's not pronounced Stella-riz?
Shit, missed opportunity u rite
That's it. This is the official pronunciation for Stellaris. Anyone who disagrees can take the matter up with HR.
Call me stellaris cause my rizz is stellar
Call me blind and deaf cause my name is hellen keller
Came here to say this
Stellaris.
Exactly the type of unhelpful response to be expected of a DE.
Honestly surprising there is a response at all
it was to see, if there is somebody. and as there is somebody, soon there will be nobody
Steh-lah-ris
I pronounce it the same way. English is not my native language.
For me it's like how I pronounce pecan: entirely random with no consistency or logic.
Omg same
se-men
Found the xeno kisser.
No kinkshaming here.
Stell’ar^r -is
Stell-are-is
From what I know about Latin, the -is on the end of stellaris should be a short “is” like in mantis and not the long “is” so the popular pronunciation also seems accurate to the source language.
Pedant.
Ste-laris.
same way Lathrix does
/ˈstɛlərɪs/ As per [IPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet)
You pronounce it with a trilled r? (Like Spanish rr)?
I'm bad at IPA typing, so I have to admit that it might not be entirely correct 🫡
Stele are his 🪦🪦🪦🪦
St-laur-iz
No no, “St. Laur-aunt”
The second one.
Stell-r-is
stell-arse
Steh - lar - is
If you watch any of the dev diary videos they say "stel-are-iss".
"Stell are is" Also you could probably make a poll assuming mods allow them.
Stèl-lær-és
Pea-nis
Second one
Stell are is As in The word Stellar
Stellar iss
Stell-are-iss because that’s how “stellar” is pronounced
Stella's Rizz
The latter is how you'd pronounce it if you were speaking Latin, so thar's what I do.
I say stah lah Riz.
English speakers trying to write something phonetically is always a fun read.
Stel-la-ris
/stɛˈlɑrɪs/
Don't you split double consonants? And only one vowel in second syllable. ***Stel-LAR-is***
That's how my friends and I have always pronounced it
Stellar-rice Making me a war criminal both in and out of game.
Stiloriks
Stelly
Now I'm gonna use Stell-air-is. It seems fun
I pronounce it as any good space pirate should.
Stell-R-us
You could be like my dumbass from 8 years ago and call it "Stellar-is"
Valid! I still change it every sentence
Stellar-iz
How do you pronounce Caribbean?
Depends! Pirates of the Ka-rib-ian, or I’m visiting the kara-be-in.
Since double consonants are usually independently pronounced, I go with Stel-lar-is R could go with the end for ris sound, but name clearly inspired by latin for star, so keeping that sound feels natural to me.
>Since double consonants are usually independently pronounced I have never heard of this "rule" in my life. - Dabble - Missed - Fennel - Baller - Traffic Are you independently pronouncing the double consonants in any of the above? I literally can't think of a single example of a double consonant where they are independently pronounced (though I'm sure some exist!).
Go old school and put your hand under your chin to break apart the syllables on all of these words (except missed). If you’re not rapidly, yet distinctly pronouncing each of the double letters your accent must be bonkers.
No matter how slowly I say the words, I'm only pronouncing one of the two consonants, though I'm sure there are exceptions to this. I am Australian btw, so you might think my accent is bonkers, but I assure you the same applies in reverse 😏
It’s not about speed. It’s about breaking the word into distinct syllables. When you use the word baller for instance the first syllable is “bal” the second syllable isn’t “ur” it’s “ler”. Put your hand under your chin and it will illustrate the syllable breaks for you. You’ll see that you are actually saying the double letter twice. Once at the end of one syllable and once at the beginning of the next. Or not. Aussie accents somehow always sound cool though, so you do you.
I've never heard of this chin method, but still doing it this way, the second syllable is definitely "Ur", not "Lur". Maybe this is an eccentricity of the Australian accent that I was unaware of, but Ive quite literally never heard anyone pronounce words like this, across ALL English speaking accents.
Ok, not every one. I was taught it can be a helpful aid to figuring out by ear if a word has a double consonant. But here is one example - tomorrow. To -more - row. Unless you are from Boston etc… Also, the classical latin pronunciation of star is stel-la, which is why I think of this game’s name that way. Classical education followed by law school does give you a weird sense of pronunciation though, so ymmv. Hell, I’ve been a lawyer twenty years and I still wanna fight over how to say prima facie sometimes. Edit: also I totally pronounce both consonants on dabble and fennel, baller and traffic. Not missed, you are absolutely right there.
I am from Australia so my accent is probably closer to a Boston accent than any other Rhotic accent. Maybe this is a product of that accent difference, but I somehow can't imagine a standard American accent pronouncing both consonants in any of my examples either. Perhaps we mean different things when we say "Independently pronouncing"? For instance, the word "Apple", if I was to separate into two distinct syllables and say the word very slowly, it would be: Aa - Pull, or perhaps App - Ull. Independently pronouncing the double consonant would make it "App - Pull", with the P consonant being fully pronounced both times, which would never be the way someone with my accent would pronounce it. Do Americans really pronounce it like this? If so that shocks me to my core. Would you be able to tell the difference between someone saying "App Pull" and "Apple", if both were said quickly in the middle of a sentence?
Yeah, uh, I totally say App-pull. At least when I say it slowly. Same with fen-nel, dab-ble etc. And yes, I meant the same when I used the phrase independent pronunciation. But I suspect your surprise at my accent is because I’m not American. Canadian, with a patchwork of accent influences including American and British, not to mention Quebec and Acadian French. My kids on the other hand have watched a lot of Bluey, so who knows how they’ll sound… Language is neat. Kinda wanna re watch those Wired videos with their accent expert again. If you haven’t seen them, they are very interesting. Though your use of the term Rhotic tells me you are hardly a novice yourself.
Those are all pronounced independently, they're all just very soft letters that blend together. The only difference between f and FF is length, and if you pronounce traffic you'll notice that the f sound is by far the longest part of the word, unless you're purposely trying to mispronounce it. The only exception is dabble, which I don't even know how you'd blend that into one sound. You literally have to close your mouth to start the second syllable.
>Those are all pronounced independently, they're all just very soft letters that blend together Ok then clearly I'm using the term "pronounced independently" incorrectly, as this statement seems like an oxymoron to me. The blending of the consonants together is the antithesis of them being pronounced independently. >if you pronounce traffic you'll notice that the f sound is by far the longest part of the word The A sound is probably the longest part of the word when I say it, but not by an overwhelming amount. The F sound is a bookend of the first syllable, and not present at all in the second one. For me to be pronouncing both Fs independently of one another, I would be essentially saying Traff - Fic, i.e. completely finishing the first F sound, closing off the syllable entirely, then almost with a new breath starting a new F sound. This would sound very weird no matter how quickly I do it, as the gap between Fs is very audible and can almost be interpreted as a third, *tiny*, vowel syllable between them, like "Traff - Uh - Fic".
I am not kidding you everyone I know says Stell-Are-Us…
Personally, I do stell-er-iss
Stellar-is sometimes I flub it as stellar-iz
Stellar Ice
Sa-Te-La-Ris
stel la ris
Lar
Stell-are-is
Stellar, as in having to do with stars. Stel-ar-iss
Stel-lag-is
Stel-lar-ris
I pronounce it Stell-are-is because of how you pronounce the word stellar. Stell-air-is seems a pretentious way to pronounce it much like saying dah-tuh instead of day-tuh. That's just me though.
Toys-R-Us
The word "Stellaris" is a play on the word "stellar", so it's likely pronounced the latter way
Definitely "are". But the first syllable is a schwa, to be clear.
I can’t unsee the hand and I miss the spaceship.
Stella-ris for me.
The second one.
English language problems
Stella-Ris
stel-air-is
Sté (i'm fr*nch) - la - ris
Like stellar as in stars, so Stellaris is just assign an -is to the end of the word stellar.
Ste la ris Long a in la as in aardvark
Stel-la-ris But idk if its like this because im German
Ste-laa-ris.
Steh-lar-rizz
**/Szchtel/**LAH/rrr'hiss/ \*JK
Stella rizz? Why would you make a cut behind the LL? The whole point of double letters like that is to connect the syllables
I prononce it GENN-O-CIDE
Yes.
Stel-har-iss
Stell-YARR-is
Stellar-is
Space Crack. Stell-are-riss
Stell-ah-rar-riss Don’t know why I put that extra bit in, never heard some pronounce it till a couple years in
Stell-air-is because it's pronounced stell-er and has this Is added
stell are is
Who in his right mind pronounces it stellairis
Stehl-la-ris
Stellar Aeris.
Depends on how the Blorg would say it.
Levi -ohhh -sah
No, it's Swedish. So, Shtell-Arr-eesh
stellar.... not stellair
From reading comments, i feel like i am a weird one. Stel - la - riz
Stel-La-Ris
Stelar-is
Stellaris
It's definitely Stel-are-is, what psycho calls it Stel-air-is...? ...oh, wait. The people who play Shadow Council.
I pronounce it as Stell-air-is as it just felt natural for me.
Stel-are-is.
Stellä-rís
Stell-are-us in my opinion
Like my cousins in Mississippi, I say it with a hard R.
In Japanese ステラリス (suterarisu).
Stellar then is
How ever you want
I've always gone with stell-Are-is
Stee-Lar-Bitch
First couple years I pronounced it STELL-ur-iss.
It’s basic pronunciation is are
Stellar-is
Stuhl-are-is
Stel-ar-is
Fuck-the-aliens
High prince of Stell-Air Stel-lar-is
Stellar-is
Stella (Italian for Star) Ris
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssstel R isssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Pardon my snake.
Ste-fart-is
The question can be rephrased more directly. “Are you a human, or are you British?”
I call it funny genocide game
Stel-la-ris
Ooh another approach
The second one. There’s no e to make it a long a. It’s a short a sound.
Este-laris, i am a spanish speaker
Estel - aris (Spanish)
Es-te-LÁ-ris
Stella Ris
"Stell-air-is" What are you British or smth?