Still sounds like a w, the h is silent
"Taniwha" is pronounced "tah-nee-fah," with the stress on the first syllable. The "wh" sound is similar to an "f" sound in English.
hw
Not if pronounced correctly. 'Where' sounds like 'wear' and 'ware' with the 'wh' combo sound at the beginning. Wheareas 'were' sounds more like 'whirr', but without the 'wh' sound.
Agalma(but note that u have to pronounce g as wh in what)
Who, whole, wholistic.
You can pronounce it either with a short A sound, or a long A sound. If you prefer to pronounce it with the long A sound, it sounds like the word "attics".
Pronounce 'taille' with the ending sound of "why"
Sound it out!!
Yes. The E has the short E sound as in hen and went. The WH is pronounced as a plain W (wenn).
The best way to pronounce this word is through sound substitution. If the sound of the first "a" is substituted for the "y" sound, the proper pronunciation is achieved.
You pronounce the word 'Maya' like [my-yuh]
No. The term "physician" (doctor) is pronounced with a "sh" sound : fiz-ZIH-shin.