[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Pronunciation of TSCHERNJACHOW

[Günther Böhm]

Edith McKelvy schrieb:
> Good Morning!  I'm still looking for my elusive paternal grandfather,
> FRIEDRICH REMPEL/RIMPEL/RIMPLE.
>  
> New clues  (a priceless oral interview on CD with a cousin who has since
> passed away)  point to a town near Zhitomir named TSCHERNJACHOW.  
>  
> How would the name Tschernjachow  (now known as Czerniachiw, UK) be
> pronounced/spoken?     Cher-nya-chef?   SHER-na-koff?

Hello Edith,
Ch[y]ernyákhov, the 'e' with a soft initial sound, the 'o' resp. 'i' 
without accentuation (Chernyakhiv is the genitive plural of CHERNYAK, 
i.e. the CHERNYAKs' property).

Günther