Pronunciation of Welsh Mountains


The following is a list of Welsh mountains with their pronunciations, this is to help hillwalkers who don’t have a good understanding of the Welsh language. Please excuse any mistakes and feel free to notify me of corrections and additions. Please note, as with all languages there are some local variations in pronunciation, so please do not consider this as a perfect guide.

• Upper case is used to show emphasis. When it is all in upper case, the name is pronounced with an even emphasis.

Mountain Name Pronunciation
Cader Idris CAD-AIR IDRIS
Carneddau CARN-ETH-AYE
Carnedd Dafydd CARNETH DAVITH
Carnedd Llewelyn CARNETH THLOO-ELIN
Carnedd Ugain CARNEDD UGOIN
Cnict KUHNICT
Crib Goch CRIB GOCK
Elidir Fawr ELIDEER VOWER
Glyder Fach GLID-DUR VAK
Glyder Fawr GLID-DUR VOWER
Moel Hebog MOIL HEH-BOG
Moel Siabod MOIL SEE-A-BOD
Pen Yr Ole Wen PEN URR OLEH WEN
Tryfan TRI-VAN
Yr Elen URR ELEN
Y Lliwedd UR THLOO-ETH