First steps

• Study language map & Glossary (after analysis of existing maps)
  
  
• Hire an interpreter if linguistic assistance is required
  
  
• Find out how to record pronunciation?
  
  
• Be aware of orthographic rules of the language
  
  
• Glossary should contain:

• Generic terms
  
  
• Recurrent non-generic elements (like north, south, upper, lower, small, large, old, new, etc.)

Representation of pronunciation

• Potentially confusing phonemes – those being similar to the toponymist's ears – should be identified.
  
  
• Choose a standard notation of pronunciation!
  
  
• Concentrate on (combinations of) letters that represent more than one phoneme (Enschede contains the vowel e three times but their pronunciations are not similar. The first e is pronunced like e in men. The second e is like e in wonderful, and the third one is like ay.