Sindarin ⟨i⟩ is only pronounced like ⟨j⟩ before another vowel and *at the beginning of a word*. “Galadriel” does not have a /j/ sound.master
.group i | .group i | ||||
i i | i i | ||||
i (A j | |||||
_) i (A j | |||||
// j and k do not occur in Sindarin | // j and k do not occur in Sindarin | ||||