Ah, but Y'shtola is pronounced "yash-TOE-lah" per the devs. They explicitly note that it's not "ya shtoe-lah" (dev post ref), and the voiceovers prove that out.
The dev post indicates that the tribal sound usually flows into the given name ("Though followed by an apostrophe, the tribe sound is usually flows into the name"), which means to me that it doesn't add a new syllable; it changes the first syllable. The dev post and voiceover examples seem to bear that out (yash-TOE-lah versus sh-TOE-lah, FLAM-min versus LAM-min, etc.). It seems that the rule is to axe the apostrophe, stick the vowel sound onto the tribe letter, then run the whole thing together and pronounce it like it were English. That said, I don't think anyone's going to get bent out of shape if your character's name sounds better with an extra syllable and they pronounce it that way, but then, you should also be prepared for mispronunciations ICly.
It's these sorts of issues that are why, ICly, L'yhta uses a simplified version of her name (Lyta) with most people.
I know of a few other characters who do the same (A’eyshn goes by Aysun, for instance).
The dev post indicates that the tribal sound usually flows into the given name ("Though followed by an apostrophe, the tribe sound is usually flows into the name"), which means to me that it doesn't add a new syllable; it changes the first syllable. The dev post and voiceover examples seem to bear that out (yash-TOE-lah versus sh-TOE-lah, FLAM-min versus LAM-min, etc.). It seems that the rule is to axe the apostrophe, stick the vowel sound onto the tribe letter, then run the whole thing together and pronounce it like it were English. That said, I don't think anyone's going to get bent out of shape if your character's name sounds better with an extra syllable and they pronounce it that way, but then, you should also be prepared for mispronunciations ICly.
It's these sorts of issues that are why, ICly, L'yhta uses a simplified version of her name (Lyta) with most people.
I know of a few other characters who do the same (A’eyshn goes by Aysun, for instance).
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