How do you pronounce 'Hylotl'

Given the vaguely Japanese aesthetic, I always imagined Hylotl pronounced "Hyu ('Hee' u) - ro - tu - ru", where the 'u' sounds are very subtle and the 'r' sounds somewhat like a cross between an 'l' and an 'r'. Then again, I may just be weird.

 

you just had to name a race so hard.. oh well, good for our vocabularity (boy i hate this word --v)
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Hi-Lot

l is silent

 

how do I pronounce hylotl? grilled with a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of salt with pepper applied liberally.

 

Since I have a hard time with Ls, I don't even pronounce the first one.
(He-Oh-Til)

 

Hy-Oh-Tol
That is how I say it.

 

I love how apparently George isn't even certain! xD
I might just call them Zoras maybe. Would that technically be racist? I'm sure calling them Fish would be rude.

 

Calling them Guppies would be even more rude >

 

Heilottul

 

Novakid:
"I don't much care for them thar hylian, highlittle, hermanagertle folk!"
Also, it feels weird pointing this out, but if the Hylotl are sort of Japanese based, shouldn't their name be Hyrotr? Because of the lack of a difference between l and r?
For example, instead of Lobo, they would say Robo, right? Then again, i'm no language expert.
Also please don't accuse me of being racist!

 

I was always pronouncing the first part as a "Hih" for some reason

 

Lets turn this thread into how to be racist to starbound races.
Glitch = Toaster
Apex = Chimp (because they're apes not chimps and it really rustles their jimmies.)
Human = I don't ACTUALLY want to be racist so... n00b?
Novakid = Air-head
Floran = Not sure about this one
Avian = Chicken

This guys on the right track. (It's a just a joke don't worry xD)

 

Phonetic pronunciation: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

 

Florans are Cabbage

 

Posts mildly racist content. Asks politely not to be labeled a racist. lol ok

 

Tiy says it at 400.

 

That's kinda what I was thinking. It's not really an 'r' sound either, though. Try making the sounds "row" (in an American accent, without rolling the r), "low" and "doh". If you pay attention to what your mouth is doing, you'll notice that when you say "low", your tongue rolls off the front of your palate and flicks your teeth. The sound is closer to "doh", but with some of the "low" tongue flick and more of the "row" mouth shape. It's hard to notice if you didn't grow up around a language using the sound, since our brains get hardwired during infancy to recognize a particular subset of pre-programmed sound patterns used in speech. That's the same reason why native Japanese speakers who don't hear native English speakers while they are infants have a hard time with certain sounds that are used in English, such as the more pronounced 'l' and 'r' sounds.

 

But it's not a stereotype as far as i am aware, it is how the language works, so what is racist about it?
And again, i'm no language expert. Edit: "Impossibru!"

 

I've never even kind of understood this means of demonstrating pronunciation. -does the dumb-

 

Actually, implying that Japanese speaking people inherently mispronounce English words is a stereotype. While it may be true that many native Japanese speaking people have difficulty with the English "L" sound, it is a stereotype to apply that difficulty to all Japanese speakers. Typically, making generalizations about a group of people is stereotyping and is frowned upon - even when your intentions are to make a simple joke.

Edit: I'm not trying to be a jerk about it. Just pointing something out that you might not have considered.