Pronunciation of 'Teixcalaan'

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I was wondering what the correct pronunciation of the word 'Teixcalaan' (in Teixcalaanli) is. I rewrote the word using the IPA and arrived at (except using the sound 'l' for the letter 'l' instead of 'ɣ' which the book suggests -- a typo?):
tʰeɪkskɑːlɑn

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But in the audiobooks it sounds different, namely the second 'a' has a longer sound rather than the first. I know it sounds counterintuitive but based on the IPA equivalents mentioned at the end of the book, in Teixcalaanli, 'a' is the longer version of the ɑ sound and 'aa' is the short one. So what am I missing here?

Clara Diaz Sanchez · Accepted Answer

This is what the author says:

Teyks-kah-lan. First vowel is the sound in 'hey', second vowel is the
'a' in 'father', third vowel is the 'a' in 'sample'.

This is not as precise as rendering it in IPA, but hopefully it helps. The "a in father" is (typically) a long vowel [ɑː] whereas the "a in sample" is short [æ], which seems consistent with the Teixcalaanli rule of "a" being the long vowel and "aa" the short one.

Pronunciation of 'Teixcalaan'

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